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The Opera Fanatic : Ethnography of an Obsession.
Though some dismiss opera as old-fashioned, it shows no sign of disappearing from the world's stage. So why do audiences continue to flock to it? Given its association with wealth, one might imagine that opera tickets function as a status symbol. But while a desire to hobnob with the upper crus...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago, IL :
University of Chicago Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Though some dismiss opera as old-fashioned, it shows no sign of disappearing from the world's stage. So why do audiences continue to flock to it? Given its association with wealth, one might imagine that opera tickets function as a status symbol. But while a desire to hobnob with the upper crust might motivate the occasional operagoer, for hardcore fans the real answer, according to The Opera Fanatic, is passion--they do it for love. Opera lovers are an intense lot, Claudio E. Benzecry discovers in his look at the fanatics who haunt the legendary Colón Opera House in Buenos Aires, a key site for. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (267 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-237) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226043432 0226043436 9786613362506 6613362506 9780226043425 0226043428 9780226043401 0226043401 1283362503 9781283362504 |