Emblems of Eloquence Opera and Women's Voices in Seventeenth-Century Venice.
Başlık:
Emblems of Eloquence Opera and Women's Voices in Seventeenth-Century Venice.
Yazar:
Heller, Wendy.
ISBN:
9780520919341
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Yayın Bilgileri:
Berkeley : University of California Press, 2004.
Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 online resource (409 p.)
İçerik:
Illustrations; tables; preface and acknowledgments; editorial principles; abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Emblematic Woman; 2 Bizzarrie Feminile: Opera and the Accademia degli Incogniti; 3 Didone and the Voice of Chastity; 4 "Disprezzata regina": Woman and Empire; 5 The Nymph Calisto and the Myth of Female Pleasure; 6 Semiramide and Musical Transvestism; 7 Messalina la Meretrice: Envoicing the Courtesan; Conclusions; notes; bibliography; index;
Özet:
Drawing upon a complex web of early modern sources and ancient texts, this study is a treatment of women, gender and sexuality in 17th-century opera. It explores the operatic manifestations of female chastity, power, transvestism, androgyny and desire.
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