Phantasmagoria
Subtitle: a sociology of opera
By: edited by David T. Evans.
Series: Popular cultural studies ;; 14
Publisher: Ashgate/Arena
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Aldershot; Brookfield, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 489
Subjects: Opera -- Social aspects.
Description: "This sociological study takes a comprehensive and critical view of opera as unique cultural artefact, as loss making 'industry', as institution with a 'museum' culture, and as consumed commondity of rare distinction and elaborate ritual."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-489) and index.