Women in American Operas of the 1950s - Undoing Gendered Archetypes

The first feminist analysis of some of the most performed works in the American-opera canon, emphasizing the voices and perspectives of the sopranos who brought these operas to life.

Sommario

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 American Opera at Midcentury
Chapter 2 A Conniving Gold Digger: Elizabeth "Baby Doe" Tabor
Chapter 3 A "Really Vicious Monster": Lizzie Andrew Borden
Chapter 4 A Chaste White Woman: Laurie Moss
Chapter 5 A Dangerous Jezebel: Susannah Polk
Epilogue "The World So Wide": Beyond the Virgin or the Whore in the Twenty-First Century
Bibliography
Index

Info autore

Monica A. Hershberger

Riassunto

The first feminist analysis of some of the most performed works in the American-opera canon, emphasizing the voices and perspectives of the sopranos who brought these operas to life.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Monica A. Hershberger, Professor Monica A. Hershberger
• Editore: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 07.03.2023
• EAN: 9781648250613
• ISBN: 978-1-64825-061-3
• Pagine: 238
• Dimensioni: 238 mm x 161 mm x 19 mm
• Peso: 474 g
• Serie: Eastman Studies in Music
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie