A taste of Broadway : food in musical theater

A taste of Broadway : food in musical theater /

Food carries symbolic importance used to define individuals, situations, and places, making it an ideal communication tool. In musical theater, food can be used as a shortcut to reveal more about a setting, character, or situation. This book looks at the role of food in popular theater musicals illu...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Packard, Jennifer, 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2018
Series:Studies in food and gastronomy.
Subjects:
Food in musicals.
Musicals > New York (State) > New York > History and criticism.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the first taste
  • Food to set the scene
  • Regional foods
  • Food as identity
  • Explaining characters and relationships through food
  • Just trying to put food on the table
  • Food as class
  • The way to a man's (or woman's) heart
  • Conclusion : the last morsel.

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