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- Title
The American Revolution Rebooted: Hamilton and Genre in Contemporary Culture.
- Authors
SCHOCKET, ANDREW M.
- Abstract
The article discusses the Broadway musical "Hamilton: An American Musical" by Lin-Manuel Miranda, adapted from the biography "Alexander Hamilton," by Ron Chernow, focusing on the Founding Fathers in twenty-first century American popular culture. It argues that a group of books, television productions, films, and musicals has developed into a genre featuring the American Revolution and early years of the U.S.
- Subjects
UNITED States; HISTORY in popular culture; HAMILTON, Alexander, 1757-1804; POPULAR culture; GENRE studies; FOUNDING Fathers of the United States; MIRANDA, Lin-Manuel, 1980-; CHERNOW, Ron, 1949-
- Publication
Journal of the Early Republic, 2017, Vol 37, Issue 2, p263
- ISSN
0275-1275
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/jer.2017.0023