Phantasmagoria: A Sociology of Opera (Popular Culture Studies)

By: David T. Evans

Book Overview

This is an exploration of contemporary discourses and practices on and around opera as a cultural form. This text examines such areas as high art, popular entertainment and star performers. The main aim of the book is not to give a history of opera, or to be an encyclopaedia of opera, but to provide a comprehensive sociological account of opera's current socio-cultural standing, contemporary representations of opera and opera's fragmented incorporation into mass or popular commercial culture.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1857422090
• ISBN13: 9781857422092
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Arena
• Length: 489 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.5" x 1.3" x 8.8"