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Women In American Operas of The 1950s : Undoing Gendered Archetypes.
Hershberger, Monica A.(Eastman Studies In Music‚ Vol. 187)
Univ. Rochester Press ©2023
This book explores female characters in operas such as The Tender Land, Susannah, The Ballad of Baby Doe, and Lizzie Borden. Hershberger shows how these characters reinforced notions of women as either saints or sexually corrupt, and how singers sought to resist these portrayals. With an introduction, bibliography, and index. Music examples.
x, 228 p.; 24 cm.
Cloth
Language: English
ISBN: 1648250610
ISBN13: 9781648250613
Women In American Operas of The 1950s : Undoing Gendered Archetypes.
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