description: 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.
language: English
title: Phantasmagoria: A Sociology of Opera
titlecomplete: Phantasmagoria: A Sociology of Opera (Popular Culture Studies)
publisher: Arena