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LEWIS, ANNE, D.M.A. An Examination
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APPROVAL PAGE This dissertation has
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TABLE OF CONTENTS iv Page ACKNOWLED
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for research, this paper will explo
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MacDonald, labeled musical theatre
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The musicals that have entered the
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and individually as handwriting.”
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Methodology The base of research fo
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Feminine Character in Selected Libr
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from the 1920s, they are timeless i
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as a Cinderella-type heiress who ma
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Vereen described the “blackface c
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Casino Theatre in Manhattan. The re
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functional sets, and an eleven-piec
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The History of the Musical, Show Bo
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amount of instrumental music, the d
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Ferber’s novel begins with the na
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Act II begins four years later as G
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CHAPTER III SOCIETAL STEREOTYPES OF
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communion.” 5 This bias continued
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unhealthy, sub-human environments.
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magazines, including Ladies Home Jo
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Nineteenth Century Stereotypes of W
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usiness. She was responsible for th
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gender) inequality forced them inst
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The 1920s was the Jazz Age, a time
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CHAPTER IV THEATRICAL STEREOTYPES O
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peoples . . . to save us from our o
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separate seating arrangements). The
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Feminine Aesthetic in Theatre Any a
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