num_pages: 272
description: This passionate love letter to opera, lavishly praised and nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award when it was first published, is now firmly established as a cult classic. In a learned, moving, and sparklingly witty melange of criticism, subversion, and homage, Wayne Koestenbaum illuminates mysteries of fandom and obsession, and has created an exuberant work of personal meditation and cultural history.
language: English
title: The Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexuality, and the Mystery of Desire
titlecomplete: The Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexuality, and the Mystery of Desire
genres: LGBT, Music, Gay, History, Gender Studies, Criticism, Art, Sexuality, Nonfiction, Queer
ratings_count: 274
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Gay Studies, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Criticism
publisher: Da Capo Press