Historians on Hamilton : How a Blockbuster Musical Is Restaging America's Past

Romano, Renee C. (EDT)/ Potter, Claire Bond (EDT)

Rutgers University Press（2018/05発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 396 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780813590301
• DDC分類 782.14

Full Description

America has gone Hamilton crazy. Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-winning musical has spawned sold-out performances, a triple platinum cast album, and a score so catchy that it is being used to teach U.S. history in classrooms across the country. But just how historically accurate is Hamilton? And how is the show itself making history?

Historians on Hamilton brings together a collection of top scholars to explain the Hamilton phenomenon and explore what it might mean for our understanding of America's history. The contributors examine what the musical got right, what it got wrong, and why it matters. Does Hamilton's hip-hop take on the Founding Fathers misrepresent our nation's past, or does it offer a bold positive vision for our nation's future? Can a musical so unabashedly contemporary and deliberately anachronistic still communicate historical truths about American culture and politics? And is Hamilton as revolutionary as its creators and many commentators claim?

Perfect for students, teachers, theatre fans, hip-hop heads, and history buffs alike, these short and lively essays examine why Hamilton became an Obama-era sensation and consider its continued relevance in the age of Trump. Whether you are a fan or a skeptic, you will come away from this collection with a new appreciation for the meaning and importance of the Hamilton phenomenon.

Contents

Chronology

Introduction: History is Happening in New York - Renee C. Romano and Claire Bond Potter

Act I: The Script 

Chapter 1: From Ron Chernow's Alexander Hamilton to Hamilton: An American Musical  - William Hogeland
Chapter 2: "Can We Get Back to Politics? Please?" Hamilton's Missing Politics in Hamilton - Joanne B. Freeman
Chapter 3: Race-Conscious Casting and the Erasure of the Black Past in Hamilton - Lyra D. Monteiro
Chapter 4: The Greatest City in the World? Slavery in New York in the Age of Hamilton - Leslie M. Harris
Chapter 5: "Remember....I'm Your Man": Masculinity, Marriage, and Gender in Hamilton - Catherine Allgor

Act II: The Stage

Chapter 6: "The Ten Dollar Founding Father": Hamilton, Money and Federal Power - Michael O'Malley
Chapter 7: Hamilton as Founders Chic: A Neo-Federalist, Antislavery, Usable Past? - David Waldstreicher and Jeffrey L. Pasley
Chapter 8: Hamilton and the American Revolution on Stage and Screen - Andrew M. Schocket
Chapter 9: From The Black Crook to Hamilton: A Brief History of Hot Tickets on Broadway - Elizabeth L. Wollman
Chapter 10: Looking at Hamilton from Inside the Broadway Bubble - Brian Eugenio Herrera

Act III: The Audience

Chapter 11: Mind the Gap: Teaching Hamilton - Jim Cullen
Chapter 12: Who Tells Your Story: Hamilton as a People's History - Joseph M. Adelman
Chapter 13: Reckoning with America's Racial Past, Present, and Future in Hamilton - Patricia Herrera
Chapter 14: Hamilton: A New American Civic Myth by Renee C. Romano
Chapter 15: Safe in the Nation We've Made: Staging Hamilton on Social Media - Claire Bond Potter

Sample Syllabus
Acknowledgments
Notes on Contributors
Index