Black Opera - History, Power, Engagement (Paperback)

From classic films like Carmen Jones to contemporary works like The Diary of Sally Hemings and U-Carmen eKhayelitsa, American and South African artists and composers have used opera to reclaim black people's place in history. Naomi Andre draws on the experiences of performers and audiences to explore this music's resonance with today's listeners. Interacting with creators and performers, as well as with the works themselves, Andre reveals how black opera unearths suppressed truths. These truths provoke complex, if uncomfortable, reconsideration of racial, gender, sexual, and other oppressive ideologies. Opera, in turn, operates as a cultural and political force that employs an immense, transformative power to represent or even liberate. Viewing opera as a fertile site for critical inquiry, political activism, and social change, Black Opera lays the foundation for innovative new approaches to applied scholarship.

General

Imprint:	University of Illinois Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Naomi Andre
Dimensions:	229 x 151 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	282
ISBN-13:	978-0-252-08357-0
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > Opera Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-252-08357-1
Barcode:	9780252083570

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