| Description |
xx, 246 pages : illustration ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
An opera house for the "Paris of South America" -- "It was love at first sight": biography and social trajectory of standing-room dwellers -- Foreground -- Becoming an opera fan: cultural membership, mediation, and differentiation -- Moral listening: symbolic boundaries, work on the self, and passionate engagement -- Heroes, pilgrims, addicts, and nostalgics: repertories of engagement in the quest for transcendence -- Finale -- "They were playing in their shirtsleeves!" downfall, memory work end high-culture nationalism -- "We've told you all about our life": conclusions and implications. |
| Subject |
Opera.
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Opera audiences.
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Music fans.
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| ISBN |
9780226043401 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0226043401 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780226043425 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0226043428 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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