Coquettes, Wives, and Widows - Gender Politics in French Baroque Opera and Theater

A revelatory study of how composers and dramatists of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France criticized and trivialized independent women in their portrayals of them in works of theater and opera.

List of contents

Introduction
From Platée's Frog-like Flirt to Pompadour's Yellow Skin: Correcting the Coquette
Disciplining Widows
The Price of Independence: Women Seeking Separations
"Everywhere Our Hearts are in Danger": Cupid's Triumph and the Decline of the Indifferent Mistress
Epilogue
Appendix

About the author

Marcie Ray

Summary

A revelatory study of how composers and dramatists of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France criticized and trivialized independent women in their portrayals of them in works of theater and opera.

Product details

• Authors: Marcie Ray, Marcie (Author) Ray
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781580469883
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-988-3
• No. of pages: 202
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 445 g
• Series: Eastman Studies in Music
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Music; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Frankreich, Oper, Drama, Theaterstücke, Drehbücher, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Music / Songbooks, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera, DRAMA / European / French