Opera Fanatic Ethnography of an Obsession

Name: Opera Fanatic Ethnography of an Obsession
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ISBN: 9780226043425

ISBN-10: 0226043428

ISBN-13: 9780226043425

Edition: 2011

Authors: Claudio E. Benzecry

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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 toThe Opera Fanatic, is passionthey do it for love. Opera lovers are an intense lot, Claudio E. Benzecry discovers in his look at the fanatics who haunt the legendary Colon Opera House in Buenos Aires, a key site for opera's globalization. Listening to the fans and their stories, Benzecry hears of two-hundred-mile…

Book details

List price: $38.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 7/15/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.89" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Background



An Opera House for the "Paris of South America"



"It was love at first sight": Biography and Social Trajectory of Standing-Room Dwellers



Foreground



Becoming an Opera Fan: Cultural Membership, Mediation, and Differentiation



Moral Listening: Symbolic Boundaries, Work on the Self, and Passionate Engagement



Heroes, Pilgrims, Addicts, and Nostalgics: Repertories of Engagement in the Quest for Transcendence



Finale



"They were playing in their shirtsleeves!": Downfall, Memory Work, and High-Culture Nationalism



"We've told you all about our life": Conclusions and Implications


Notes


References


Index