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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

Marcie Ray

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Marcie Ray, Marcie (Author) Ray
• Editore: Boydell & Brewer
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781580469883
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-988-3
• Pagine: 202
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Peso: 445 g
• Serie: Eastman Studies in Music
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica; Frankreich, Oper, Drama, Theaterstücke, Drehbücher, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Music / Songbooks, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera, DRAMA / European / French