British Popular Music and US Culture in the Late 1950s: A Reassessment (Focusing on the British Reception of 'West Side Story', c.1958-1960)

Mitchell, G. A. M. (Speaker)

School of History
St Andrews Institute for Transnational & Spatial History

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Description

This paper focuses on the British reception of 'West Side Story' when the musical was first staged there in the late 1950s – looking particularly at how its themes of juvenile delinquency and inter-cultural conflict were understood from a British perspective, and also the ways in which British audiences and commentators related the show and its music to the contemporary popular music scene.

Period	4 Mar 2023
Event title	Scottish Association of American Studies Annual Conference 2023
Event type	Conference
Conference number	24
Location	Glasgow, United KingdomShow on map
Degree of Recognition	National