Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexuality And The Mystery Of Desire - Softcover

Koestenbaum, Wayne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0306810085 ISBN 13: 9780306810084

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 2001

Synopsis

The Queen's Throat In this book, self-proclaimed opera queen Wayne Koestenbaun investigates the hidden - and unexpected - mysteries that opera and sexuality produce. At once a personal meditation and an iconoclastic survey of divas, the book is an investigation of the intricate interplay between art and sexuality. Full description

About this title

About the Author:

Wayne Koestenbaum is professor of english at CUNY's Graduate School and is the author of several books of criticism, essays, and poetry. He lives in New York City.

From the Inside Flap:

ive, profound, and wildly playful book reveals the ways in which opera has served as a source of gay identity and gay personal style. The result is a learned, moving, and often very funny work of critical insight, subversion, and homage.

About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0306810085
• ISBN 13: 9780306810084
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 282