Opera and Society in Italy and France from Monteverdi to Bourdieu (Cambridge Studies in Opera) / Ertman, Thomas; Fulcher, Jane F, Johnson, Victoria
Main Author Ertman, Thomas Secondary Author Fulcher, Jane F., 1950- Johnson, Victoria Language Inglês. Publication [s.l] : Cambridge University Press, 2007Description 438p. Series Cambridge studies in opera ISBN 0521856752 Abstract This edited volume is the first book to bring together academic specialists writing on the multi-media operatic form from a range of disciplines: comparative literature, history, sociology, and philosophy. The presence in the volumes title of Pierre Bourdieu, the leading cultural sociologist of the late twentieth century, signals the editors intention to synthesize recent advances in social science with recent advances in musicological and other scholarship on opera. Through a focus on opera in Italy and France, the contributors to the volume draw on their respective disciplines both to expand our knowledge of operas history and to demonstrate the kinds of contributions that stand to be made by different disciplines to the study of opera. The volume is divided into three sections, each of which is preceded by a concise and informative introduction explaining how the chapters in that section contribute to our understanding of opera. Subjects Ópera CBC ML3918.O64O64 2007
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This edited volume is the first book to bring together academic specialists writing on the multi-media operatic form from a range of disciplines: comparative literature, history, sociology, and philosophy. The presence in the volumes title of Pierre Bourdieu, the leading cultural sociologist of the late twentieth century, signals the editors intention to synthesize recent advances in social science with recent advances in musicological and other scholarship on opera. Through a focus on opera in Italy and France, the contributors to the volume draw on their respective disciplines both to expand our knowledge of operas history and to demonstrate the kinds of contributions that stand to be made by different disciplines to the study of opera. The volume is divided into three sections, each of which is preceded by a concise and informative introduction explaining how the chapters in that section contribute to our understanding of opera.
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