Andre, Naomi
Black Opera: History, Power, Engagement
- ISBN 13:
- 9780252083570
- author:
- Andre, Naomi
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 282
- Dimensions:
- 22.61 x 15.24 x 2.03 centimetres
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, African-American Studies
- Condition:
- New
- supplier_id:
- 9
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Black Opera: A Critical Exploration of Power and Engagement in Music. Naomi André explores how opera has been used to reclaim black people's place in history through the works of American and South African artists and composers. By examining the experiences of performers, audiences, and the music itself, André reveals the complex and often uncomfortable truths that opera unearths. These suppressed truths provoke a reconsideration of racial, gender, sexual, and other oppressive ideologies, highlighting the immense transformative power of opera to represent or liberate. Through its cultural and political force, opera operates as a site for critical inquiry, political activism, and social change.
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