Essay
Sex and subjugation: Femininity in opera
2008
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/2579
Abstract
Through intense studies of librettos and scores, r formulated a concept through which I categorized each heroine's primary relationships within the operas: what I call the "currency" or "medium of exchange." In every opera examined, a currency that the heroine operated on, usually in relationship to her lover or husband (for the nineteenth century operas), or toward society (for some of the twentieth century operas), was developed. Through the analysis of each woman's currency, I reaffirmed their categories in context to their currency. Women who were punished by death (defiant women) operated through a currency that revolved around freedom of choice; they were then punished by death for their commitment to that choice. Women who died for love aJl operated through the mediwn of vulnerability, with one outlier who operated dually through vulnerability and a commitment to justice. The final category created revealed how strong women break the trend by operating in all three currencies while surviving, or dying completely by choice (without compulsion from an outside source).
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- Title
- Sex and subjugation: Femininity in opera
- Creators
- Karina Branzas (Author)
- Contributors
- Sheila Converse (Advisor)
- Academic Unit
- Honors Theses (WSU Pullman, Passed with Distinction)
- Identifiers
- 99900590546101842
- Copyright
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- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Essay