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245 00 a| En travesti :b| women, gender subversion, opera /c| edited by Corinne E. Blackmer and Patricia Juliana Smith.;

300 a| vi, 381 pages :b| illustrations, music ;c| 24 cm.;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

490 1 a| Between men--between women;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

700 1 a| Blackmer, Corinne E.e| editor.=| ^A369542;

520 a| Gender studies has begun to take an active interest in music. Opera, long viewed as strictly an establishment tradition, has in particular been given a second look by gender theorists. Can opera--an antiquated, Eurocentric bastion of high culture--in fact be subverting patriarchal authority in some fundamental way? This book adds to the body of literature concerned with opera, gender, and sexuality.;

650 0 a| Women in opera.=| ^A231514;

650 0 a| Lesbianism in opera.=| ^A369541;

700 1 a| Smith, Patricia Juliana,e| editor.=| ^A369543;

830 0 a| Between men--between women.=| ^A274888;

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En travesti : women, gender subversion, opera / edited by Corinne E. Blackmer and Patricia Juliana Smith.

Other author	Blackmer, Corinne E. editor.
Other author	Smith, Patricia Juliana, editor.
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Columbia University Press, ©1995.
Description	vi, 381 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.
Subjects	Women in opera. Lesbianism in opera.

Series	Between men--between women Between men--between women. ^A274888
Contents	Introduction / Corinne E. Blackmer and Patricia Juliana Smith -- In praise of Brigitte Fassbaender: reflections on diva-worship / Terry Castle -- What are these women doing in opera? / Ralph P. Locke -- I am an opera: identifying with Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas / Judith A. Peraino -- Ruggiero's deceptions, Cherubino's distractions / Margaret Reynolds -- Tancredi continues / Hélène Cixous -- The lost voice of Rosine Stoltz / Mary Ann Smart -- Jenny Lind and the voice of America / Lowell Gallagher -- Singing in Greek drag: Gluck, Berlioz, George Eliot / Wendy Bashant -- Gli enigmi sono tre: the [d]evolution of Turandot, lesbian monster / Patricia Juliana Smith -- The lesbian in the opera: desire unmasked in Smyth's Fantasio and Fête galante / Elizabeth Wood -- The ecstasies of Saint Teresa: the saint as queer diva from Crashaw to Four saints in three acts / Corinne E. Blackmer -- Admiring the Countess Geschwitz / Mitchell Morris.
Abstract	Gender studies has begun to take an active interest in music. Opera, long viewed as strictly an establishment tradition, has in particular been given a second look by gender theorists. Can opera--an antiquated, Eurocentric bastion of high culture--in fact be subverting patriarchal authority in some fundamental way? This book adds to the body of literature concerned with opera, gender, and sexuality.
Local note	Little-310593--305131015854-
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	95019594
ISBN	0231102682 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0231102690 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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