En Travesti: Women, Gender Subversion, Opera by Corrine Blackmer (English) Paper

Description: En Travesti by Corrine Blackmer, Patricia Juliana Smith Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description En Travesti addresses the ways in which opera empowers women by challenging conventional gender hierarchies. Terry Castle, Helene Cixous, Lowell Gallagher and Elizabeth Wood are among the contributors. Includes 20 musical examples. Publisher Description Since the release of Wayne Koestenbaums book, "The Queens Throat: Opera, Homosexuality, and the Mystery of Desire", 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? Taking a primarily lesbian point of view on the subject, this work addresses the ways in which opera empowers women by challenging conventional gender hierarchies. Critics explore the rich tradition of cross-dressing in opera, and show that theres much more to opera than meets the eye. The travesti, or "trouser" role is shown to be only one of a wide field of representations of operatic women characters who fall outside of the stereotype of the tragic heroine. Women characters in opera have often broken free of traditional roles, performing heroic deeds such as freeing cities from invaders or romancing the soprano heroine.Indeed, these essays suggest that opera may actually be the site of the most extensive representation of female homoerotic modes to be found in any pre-20th century art form. Contributors to this collection cover a broad spectrum of topics on women in opera: some focus on roles that have captured the attention of women listeners - Purcells "Dido", Glucks "Orpheus", Rossinis "Tancredi" - while others explore the impact of noted performers, such as Brigitte Fassbaender and Jenny Lind. Author Biography Patricia Juliana Smith is the author of Lesbian Panic (Columbia). Corinne E. Blackmer teaches at Southern Connecticut State University. Details ISBN 0231102690 ISBN-13 9780231102698 Title En Travesti Author Corrine Blackmer, Patricia Juliana Smith Format Paperback Year 1995 Pages 381 Publisher Columbia University Press GE_Item_ID:17411845; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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