| A Opera: The Story of Broadway Producer Cheryl Crawford Contributor(s): Clement, Catherine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0816635269 ISBN-13: 9780816635269 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press OUR PRICE: $26.24 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1999 Annotation: Catherine Clement analyzes the plots of over thirty prominent operas -- Otello and Siegfried to Madame Butterfly and Magic Flute -- through the lenses of feminism and literary theory to unveil the negative messages about women in stories familiar to every opera listener. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Opera - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory |
| Dewey: 782.1 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.03" W x 9.01" (0.69 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This was the first work to have applied a systematised feminist theory to opera. It concentrates on the stories & text of opera, that perhaps have more relevence today in a growing literature than it had when it was the sacrilegious pioneering work. |