Opera, or, The undoing of women
By: Catherine Clement ; translated by Betsy Wing ; foreword by Susan McClary.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 201
Subjects: Women in opera
Other titles: Opera.; Undoing of women.
Description: Catherine Clément analyzes the plots of over thirty prominent operas--Otello and Siegfried to Madame Butterfly and The Magic Flute--through the lenses of feminism and literary theory to unveil the negative messages about women in stories familiar to every opera listener. --Publisher description.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 191-193.
Translation of: L'opéra, ou, La défaite des femmes.
Includes index.