Queen's Throat - Opera, Homosexuality And The Mystery Of Desire (Paperback)

Why do so many gay men love opera? What makes an opera queen? What is the connection between gay sexuality and the full-throated longing that emerges from the diva's mouth? In this book, self-proclaimed opera queen Wayne Koestenbaun investigates the hidden - and unexpected - mysteries that opera and sexuality produce. At once a personal meditation and an iconoclastic, entertaining survey of divas, the book is a moving, and at times curiously disturbing, investigation of the intricate interplay between art and sexuality, between beauty and eroticism. Koestenbaum is not afraid to challenge, and he more or less grabs readers by the hand to drag them, with nonstop exuberance, through the ornate, highly stylized world of diva worship. Traipsing through descriptions of classical performances, musical autobiographies, personal recollections, historical notations and the music itself, Koestenbaum creates the daring, frenzied, disordered, highly ecstatic - and ultimately ecstatic - world of the opera queen.

General

Imprint:	Da Capo Press Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2001
First published:	April 2001
Authors:	Wayne Koestenbaum
Dimensions:	227 x 154 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-0-306-81008-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > Opera Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gay & Lesbian studies > Gay studies (Gay men) Promotions
LSN:	0-306-81008-5
Barcode:	9780306810084

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