The Work of Opera: Genre, Nationhood, and Sexual Difference

The Work of Opera: Genre, Nationhood, and Sexual Difference
ISBN-10
0231109458
ISBN-13
9780231109451
Category
Music
Pages
350
Language
English
Published
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Authors
Richard Dellamora, Daniel Fischlin

Description

In this significant collection of original essays, preeminent literary and cultural critics, musicologists, and queer theorists delve into the way opera shapes national character through its representations of gender, sexuality, and class. The book includes essays on the works of Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, and others and examines the impact of such modern phenomena as AIDS. 10 photos. 15 music examples.

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