LEADER 02790nam 2200517 450 001 9910798395303321 005 20230808192606.0 010 $a1-4422-6677-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000645014 035 $a(EBL)4503889 035 $a(OCoLC)933580472 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001648482 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16269354 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001648482 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14863535 035 $a(PQKB)10158746 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16416918 035 $a(PQKB)22005477 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4503889 035 $a(DLC) 2015051237 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000645014 100 $a20151211d2016 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSinging and dancing to the Book of Mormon $ecritical essays on the broadway musical /$fedited by Marc Edward Shaw, Holly Welker 210 1$aLanham, Maryland :$cRowman & Littlefield,$d[2016] 215 $a1 online resource (193 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4422-6676-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: "This Book Will Change Your Life"; Part I: The Genesis of The Book of Mormon; 1 Good Intentions and (Un)Acceptable Laughter; 2 The Book of Mormon Musical and the Cumorah Experience; 3 "A Mormon Just Believes"; Part II: Theology, Ethics, and Creativity in The Book of Mormon; 4 Reinhold Niebuhr and Religious Foolishness; 5 Faith in Fiction; Part III: Open Spaces and Middle Ground in The Book of Mormon; 6 Believing Part-Way; 7 Negative Capability in The Book of Mormon Musical; Part IV: Identity in The Book of Mormon 327 $a8 From "Sal Tlay Ka Siti" to "I Am Africa"9 The Book of Mormon's African Fantasies; 10 The Book of Nabulungi; Index; About the Editors and Contributors 330 $aSinging and Dancing to The Book of Mormon examines a cultural phenomenon, asking: What made The Book of Mormon such a success? In what ways does the work utilize established artistic traditions (musical theatre, comic tropes), but revise them to create something new? What cultural buttons does the work push in religion and world affairs? What artistic and social boundaries-and the transgression of those boundaries-give the work its edge? What is the effect of the work on particular audiences: in the theatre, in academia, in religious/Mormon studies, and beyond? 676 $a782.1 702 $aWelker$b Holly 702 $aShaw$b Marc E. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910798395303321 996 $aSinging and dancing to the Book of Mormon$93710814 997 $aUNINA