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Ralph P. Locke deposited ‘Aida’ and Nine Readings of Empire in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months agoThis paper assesses nine prominent readings of the imperial context/content of Verdi’s ‘Aida’ and offers a new perspective more adequate to basic tensions in the work. Readings have ranged from the literal (imperial Europe here stages an archaeological “ancient Egypt”) to the metaphorical (“Egypt” here is any repressive government). Or–somew…[Read more]
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Ralph P. Locke deposited Beyond the exotic: How in the group
Victorian Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months agoCommentators often express disappointment that the music for the main characters in _Aida_ is not more distinctive, i.e., does not make much use of the exotic styles that mark the work’s ceremonial scenes and ballets. It has also been argued that exotic style-elements here are mostly confined to female, hence powerless, characters. Such…[Read more]
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Ralph P. Locke deposited Beyond the exotic: How in the group
Ottoman and Turkish Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months agoCommentators often express disappointment that the music for the main characters in _Aida_ is not more distinctive, i.e., does not make much use of the exotic styles that mark the work’s ceremonial scenes and ballets. It has also been argued that exotic style-elements here are mostly confined to female, hence powerless, characters. Such…[Read more]
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Ralph P. Locke deposited Beyond the exotic: How in the group
Global & Transnational Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months agoCommentators often express disappointment that the music for the main characters in _Aida_ is not more distinctive, i.e., does not make much use of the exotic styles that mark the work’s ceremonial scenes and ballets. It has also been argued that exotic style-elements here are mostly confined to female, hence powerless, characters. Such…[Read more]
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Ralph P. Locke deposited Beyond the exotic: How in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months agoCommentators often express disappointment that the music for the main characters in _Aida_ is not more distinctive, i.e., does not make much use of the exotic styles that mark the work’s ceremonial scenes and ballets. It has also been argued that exotic style-elements here are mostly confined to female, hence powerless, characters. Such…[Read more]
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Ralph P. Locke deposited ‘Aida’ and Nine Readings of Empire on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months ago
This paper assesses nine prominent readings of the imperial context/content of Verdi’s ‘Aida’ and offers a new perspective more adequate to basic tensions in the work. Readings have ranged from the literal (imperial Europe here stages an archaeological “ancient Egypt”) to the metaphorical (“Egypt” here is any repressive government). Or–somew…[Read more]
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Ralph P. Locke deposited Beyond the exotic: How “Eastern” is _Aida_? on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months ago
Commentators often express disappointment that the music for the main characters in _Aida_ is not more distinctive, i.e., does not make much use of the exotic styles that mark the work’s ceremonial scenes and ballets. It has also been argued that exotic style-elements here are mostly confined to female, hence powerless, characters. Such…[Read more]
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Erika Supria Honisch's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months ago
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Alejandro L. Madrid's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 7 years, 11 months ago
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Alejandro L. Madrid's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 7 years, 11 months ago
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Erika Supria Honisch's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 8 years ago
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Alejandro L. Madrid's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 8 years ago
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Alejandro L. Madrid's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 8 years ago
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Jake Johnson deposited PERFORMING THE PATRON: BETTY FREEMAN AND THE AVANT-GARDE in the group
Music and Sound on Humanities Commons 8 years agoLittle can be said about music during the last century without encountering the men and women who supported it financially. Pierre Bourdieu’s impression that the services rendered freely for the good of society reinforce a symbolic debt between giver and recipient complicates motivations behind patronage. Indeed, applying Bourdieu’s theory to alt…[Read more]
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Jake Johnson deposited “Unstuck in time”: Harry Partch’s Bilocated Life in the group
Music and Sound on Humanities Commons 8 years agoIn a letter dated to 1960, Harry Partch describes living two lives simultaneously—one in modern America and another in ancient Greece. Furthermore, throughout his life, Partch exhibited striking dualities in both his music and personal life. Partch’s affinity for Greek themes and modalities in his music and musical theory is well known, but les…[Read more]
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Jake Johnson deposited “That’s Where They Knew Me When”: Oklahoma Senior Follies and the Narrative of Decline in the group
Music and Sound on Humanities Commons 8 years agoAmerican musical theater occupies a unique space relative to other popular music genres. This is particularly true with regards to the ways aging performers are valued. Whereas aging or aged voices in popular music are often revered as “authentic,” aging musical theater performers face an industry largely uninvested in positive representations of…[Read more]
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Jake Johnson deposited Calling out the nameless: CocoRosie’s Posthuman sound world in the group
Music and Sound on Humanities Commons 8 years ago“To engage with CocoRosie requires absolute suspension of disbe- lief,” writes The Guardian. This has as much to do with their music as their appearance, for sisterly duo CocoRosie have embraced what they call a “posthuman kind of style” rooted in the dissolution of gender. In an effort to imagine a world beyond human constructions of gender,…[Read more]
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Jake Johnson deposited PERFORMING THE PATRON: BETTY FREEMAN AND THE AVANT-GARDE on Humanities Commons 8 years ago
Little can be said about music during the last century without encountering the men and women who supported it financially. Pierre Bourdieu’s impression that the services rendered freely for the good of society reinforce a symbolic debt between giver and recipient complicates motivations behind patronage. Indeed, applying Bourdieu’s theory to alt…[Read more]
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Jake Johnson deposited “Unstuck in time”: Harry Partch’s Bilocated Life on Humanities Commons 8 years ago
In a letter dated to 1960, Harry Partch describes living two lives simultaneously—one in modern America and another in ancient Greece. Furthermore, throughout his life, Partch exhibited striking dualities in both his music and personal life. Partch’s affinity for Greek themes and modalities in his music and musical theory is well known, but les…[Read more]
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Jake Johnson deposited “That’s Where They Knew Me When”: Oklahoma Senior Follies and the Narrative of Decline on Humanities Commons 8 years ago
American musical theater occupies a unique space relative to other popular music genres. This is particularly true with regards to the ways aging performers are valued. Whereas aging or aged voices in popular music are often revered as “authentic,” aging musical theater performers face an industry largely uninvested in positive representations of…[Read more]
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