Emblems of eloquence [[electronic resource] ] : opera and women's voices in seventeenth-century Venice / / Wendy Heller
| Emblems of eloquence [[electronic resource] ] : opera and women's voices in seventeenth-century Venice / / Wendy Heller |
| Autore | Heller Wendy Beth |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (407 p.) |
| Disciplina | 782.1/082/094531 |
| Soggetto topico |
Opera - Italy - Venice - 17th century
Women in opera |
| Soggetto non controllato |
17th century
androgyny antiquity callisto carthage cavalli chastity classical classicism desire dido diodorus siculus drama empress erotic female characters female power female vocality feminism gender studies gender messalina monteverdi music musicology mythological women mythology nonfiction nymph octavia opera women opera ovid pallavicino performing arts purity semiramis sexuality tacitus theater transvestism venetian opera virgil women womens rights ziani |
| ISBN |
1-282-35669-0
0-520-91934-3 9786612356698 1-59734-592-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The emblematic woman -- Bizzarrie femminile : opera and the Accademia degli incogniti -- Didone and the voice of chastity -- 'Disprezzata regina' : woman and empire -- The nymph Calisto and the myth of female pleasure -- Semiramide and the conventions of musical transvestism -- Messalina la meretrice : envoicing the courtesan. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777355003321 |
Heller Wendy Beth
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Impersonations : The Artifice of Brahmin Masculinity in South Indian Dance / / Harshita Mruthinti Kamath
| Impersonations : The Artifice of Brahmin Masculinity in South Indian Dance / / Harshita Mruthinti Kamath |
| Autore | Kamath Harshita Mruthinti |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2019] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 225 pages) : illustrations; PDF, digital file(s) |
| Disciplina | 306.4/846081109548 |
| Soggetto topico |
Brahmans - India, South - Social life and customs
Female impersonators - India, South - Social life and customs Gender identity in dance - India, South Kuchipudi (Dance) - Social aspects - India, South SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
brahmin to non brahmin female characters gender performance hindu religious narratives impersonation kuchipudi village localized village performance male body masculinity men practice of impersonation smarta brahmin south india stage stri vesham telugu transnational indian dance form village to urban |
| ISBN | 0-520-30166-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1. Taking Center Stage: The Poet-Saint and the Impersonator of Kuchipudi Dance History -- 2. "I am Satyabhama": Constructing Hegemonic Brahmin Masculinity in the Kuchipudi Village -- 3. Constructing Artifice, Interrogating Impersonation: Madhavi as Vidūṣaka in Village Bhāmākalāpam Performance -- 4. Bhāmākalāpam beyond the Village: Transgressing Norms of Gender and Sexuality in Urban and Transnational Kuchipudi Dance -- 5. Longing to Dance: Stories of Kuchipudi Brahmin Women -- Conclusion: Rewriting the Script for Kuchipudi Dance -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910328152803321 |
Kamath Harshita Mruthinti
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| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2019] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Impersonations : The Artifice of Brahmin Masculinity in South Indian Dance / / Harshita Mruthinti Kamath
| Impersonations : The Artifice of Brahmin Masculinity in South Indian Dance / / Harshita Mruthinti Kamath |
| Autore | Kamath Harshita Mruthinti |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2019] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 225 pages) : illustrations; PDF, digital file(s) |
| Disciplina | 306.4/846081109548 |
| Soggetto topico |
Brahmans - India, South - Social life and customs
Female impersonators - India, South - Social life and customs Gender identity in dance - India, South Kuchipudi (Dance) - Social aspects - India, South SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
brahmin to non brahmin female characters gender performance hindu religious narratives impersonation kuchipudi village localized village performance male body masculinity men practice of impersonation smarta brahmin south india stage stri vesham telugu transnational indian dance form village to urban |
| ISBN | 0-520-30166-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1. Taking Center Stage: The Poet-Saint and the Impersonator of Kuchipudi Dance History -- 2. "I am Satyabhama": Constructing Hegemonic Brahmin Masculinity in the Kuchipudi Village -- 3. Constructing Artifice, Interrogating Impersonation: Madhavi as Vidūṣaka in Village Bhāmākalāpam Performance -- 4. Bhāmākalāpam beyond the Village: Transgressing Norms of Gender and Sexuality in Urban and Transnational Kuchipudi Dance -- 5. Longing to Dance: Stories of Kuchipudi Brahmin Women -- Conclusion: Rewriting the Script for Kuchipudi Dance -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996312639803316 |
Kamath Harshita Mruthinti
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| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2019] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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