MOEKOE, GABRIELA LIKA INGA and Setiawan, Dwi (2021) Hamilton: An American Founding Father�or an Other? [UNSPECIFIED]
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Abstract
Hamilton is a highly successful musical, both critically and commercially, which has been applauded for its revolutionary inclusivity: the musical famously casts people of color, despite its characters being based on historical, living people who were not of color, including the towering figures of America�s �founding fathers�. A group of critics, however�minor yet nonetheless vital voices�have denounced this as superficial diversity that perpetuates the erasure of people of color from history; as no main character is based on a historical person of color. While certain writers and reviewers have offered rebuttals, there is yet to be critical exposition that the character Hamilton himself, rather than a representation of the founding father, is instead a representation of what postcolonialists term �the other�; therefore making the work the opposite of an erasure of societally othered minority groups. As such, this paper examines, and later finds, that Hamilton�s Hamilton is indeed the epitome�and thus a prime representation, signaling undeniable presence�of the other in the text.
Item Type: | UNSPECIFIED |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Musical Theater, American Literature, Postcolonialism, The Other, Immigrants |
Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PE English |
Divisions: | Faculty of Letter > English Department |
Depositing User: | Admin |
Date Deposited: | 08 Apr 2023 02:03 |
Last Modified: | 08 Apr 2023 20:32 |
URI: | https://repository.petra.ac.id/id/eprint/20226 |
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