Queer Opera

Queer Opera explores narratives and music of selected operas to argue that composers have turned to opera to underscore lived queer experiences and that they have served as agents for change.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Antiquity
Chapter 2: Passing and Coding
Chapter 3: The Closet
Chapter 4: Hegemony
Chapter 5: Assimilation
Chapter 6: Killing Queers
Chapter 7: Homoerotic Awakening
Conclusion
References
About the Author

About the author

By Andrew Sutherland

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Sutherland, Sutherland Andrew
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2023
• EAN: 9781666906073
• ISBN: 978-1-66690-607-3
• No. of pages: 310
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Performing Arts, PERFORMING ARTS / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera, Opera, Gay & Lesbian studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Transgender Studies, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, Gender studies: transgender & intersex