This fascinating book explores issues of orientalism, otherness, gender and sexuality that arise in British representations of non-European musicians during the long nineteenth century. Mabilat uses a theoretical framework of orientalism as a form of othering to analyse primary source materials in the forms of opera libretti, popular fiction and the visual arts (such as photographs and book illustrations), alongside contextualizing non-fiction materials. In conjunction with musicological, literary and art theories, the book considers how ideas of the Other were transformed over time and between different genres and artists.…mehr
This fascinating book explores issues of orientalism, otherness, gender and sexuality that arise in British representations of non-European musicians during the long nineteenth century. Mabilat uses a theoretical framework of orientalism as a form of othering to analyse primary source materials in the forms of opera libretti, popular fiction and the visual arts (such as photographs and book illustrations), alongside contextualizing non-fiction materials. In conjunction with musicological, literary and art theories, the book considers how ideas of the Other were transformed over time and between different genres and artists.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Dr Claire Mabilat is an independent scholar living in France and formerly lectured part-time at Durham University, UK.
Inhaltsangabe
Contents: Preface Introduction: orientalism and its relation to music and musical representation. Part I The Musical Stage: An introduction to British opera and musical stage works in the long 19th century Sexualising the other An angel/demon dualism. Part II Works of Fiction: Rider Haggard and His Milieu: Literature and orientalism: contextualizing Rider Haggard 'The lady of the night hath a sweet voice, and she will not sing in vain': Haggard's women - sexuality, music and the other Haggard's constructions of African masculinity: otherness, violence and music '[T]hat unknown man's singing has stirred you deeply': E.M. Hull's The Sheik - an exploration of orientalized gender. Part III Visual culture: Hearing art: an introduction Visually realizing the fictions of H. Rider Haggard 'High art' and the musical 'orient' Staging the photographic 'orient' Conclusion Bibliography Index.
Contents: Preface Introduction: orientalism and its relation to music and musical representation. Part I The Musical Stage: An introduction to British opera and musical stage works in the long 19th century Sexualising the other An angel/demon dualism. Part II Works of Fiction: Rider Haggard and His Milieu: Literature and orientalism: contextualizing Rider Haggard 'The lady of the night hath a sweet voice, and she will not sing in vain': Haggard's women - sexuality, music and the other Haggard's constructions of African masculinity: otherness, violence and music '[T]hat unknown man's singing has stirred you deeply': E.M. Hull's The Sheik - an exploration of orientalized gender. Part III Visual culture: Hearing art: an introduction Visually realizing the fictions of H. Rider Haggard 'High art' and the musical 'orient' Staging the photographic 'orient' Conclusion Bibliography Index.
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