Name: Black Opera: History, Power, Engagement
SKU: 51210980
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Author: Naomi Andre
ISBN: 9780252083570

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Physical Book

Publisher

University Of Illinois Press

Author

Naomi Andre

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

282

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780252083570

Synopsis "Black Opera: History, Power, Engagement "

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.

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