The Opera Fanatic: Ethnography of an Obsession

by Claudio E. Benzecry

Book Overview

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.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226043428
• ISBN13: 9780226043425
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"