The opera fanatic : ethnography of an obsession
by
Benzecry, Claudio E.
Title
:
The opera fanatic : ethnography of an obsession
Author
:
Benzecry, Claudio E.
ISBN
:
9780226043401
9780226043425
Publication Information
:
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2011.
Physical Description
:
xx, 246 s.
Contents
:
An opera house for the "Paris of South America" -- "It was love at first sight": biography and social trajectory of standing-room dwellers -- Foreground -- Becoming an opera fan: cultural membership, mediation, and differentiation -- Moral listening: symbolic boundaries, work on the self, and passionate engagement -- Heroes, pilgrims, addicts, and nostalgics: repertories of engagement in the quest for transcendence -- Finale -- "They were playing in their shirtsleeves!" downfall, memory work, and high-culture nationalism -- "We've told you all about our life": conclusions and implications.
Subject Term
:
Opera.
Opera audiences.
Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | [[missing key: search.ChildField.HOLDING]] | Status |
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Conservatory Library | Book | 7.2/14/3553 | ML1700 .B326 2011 | | Konservatuvar Genel Koleksiyon |