Orientalism and Representations of Music in the Nineteenth-Century British Popular Arts

Orientalism and Representations of Music in the Nineteenth-Century British Popular Arts

Mabilat, Claire

Taylor & Francis Ltd

07/2008

272

Dura

Inglês

9780754659624

15 a 20 dias

635

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Contents: Preface; Introduction: orientalism and its relation to music and musical representation. Part I The Musical Stage: An introduction to British opera and musical stage works in the long 19th century; Sexualising the other; An angel/demon dualism. Part II Works of Fiction: Rider Haggard and His Milieu: Literature and orientalism: contextualizing Rider Haggard; 'The "lady of the night" hath a sweet voice, and she will not sing in vain': Haggard's women - sexuality, music and the other; Haggard's constructions of African masculinity: otherness, violence and music; '[T]hat unknown man's singing has stirred you deeply': E.M. Hull's The Sheik - an exploration of orientalized gender. Part III Visual culture: Hearing art: an introduction; Visually realizing the fictions of H. Rider Haggard; 'High art' and the musical 'orient'; Staging the photographic 'orient'; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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Roman De La Momie;musical;Musical Stage Work;stage;Nineteenth Century British Stage;work;Nautch Girl;British Musical Stage;Lion's Tail;Allan Quatermain;Haggard's Description;Haggard's Romances;Haggard's Work;Haggard's Texts;Montezuma's Daughter;Musical Dramatic Works;Bishop's Works;Haggard's Writings;non-European Music;Indian Mutiny;Musical Stage;Kashmiri Song;Beato's Photographs;Zulu War Dance;Indian Love Lyrics;Artistic British Representations;Noble Savage;Amy Woodforde Finden