| Description |
xix, 454 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. |
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Gender and culture |
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Gender and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Genres. Outmoding classical extravaganza, Englishing opéra bouffe : Thespis ; Gender in the breach : Trial by jury ; English magic, English intoxication : The sorcerer ; "Never mind the why and wherefore" : the parody of nautical melodrama in H.M.S. Pinafore ; Recollecting illegitimacy : The pirates of Penzance -- Genders. New light on changing gender norms : Patience ; Transforming the fairy genes : Women on top in Iolanthe ; War between the sexes : Princess Ida -- Cultures. Estrangement and familiarity : The Mikado ; Mixing it up : gothic and nautical melodrama in Ruddigore ; The past is a foreign country : The yeomen of the guard ; Imaginary republicanism : The gondoliers ; Capitalism and colonialism : Utopia, limited ; Continental recollections : The grand duke -- After Gilbert and Sullivan : the momentum of parody. |
| Subject |
Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900. Operas.
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Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911.
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Opera -- England -- 19th century.
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Parody in music.
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Sex role in music.
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| ISBN |
9780231148047 cloth alkaline paper |
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0231148046 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780231519663 (e-book) |
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0231519664 (e-book) |
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