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The Politics of Opera" takes readers on a fascinating journey into the entwined development of opera and politics, from the Renaissance through the turn of the nineteenth century. What political backdrops have shaped opera? How has opera conveyed the political ideas of its times? Delving into European history and thought and an array of music by such greats as Lully, Rameau, and Mozart, Mitchell Cohen reveals how politics--through story lines, symbols, harmonies, and musical motifs--has played an operatic role both robust and sotto voce. Cohen begins with opera's emergence under Medici absolutism in Florence during the late Renaissance--where debates by humanists, including Galileo's father, led to the first operas in the late sixteenth century. Taking readers to Mantua and Venice, where composer Claudio Monteverdi flourished, Cohen examines how early operatic works like Orfeo used mythology to reflect on governance and policy issues of the day, such as state jurisdictions and immigration. Cohen explores France in the ages of Louis XIV and the Enlightenment and Vienna before and during the French Revolution, where the deceptive lightness of Mozart's masterpieces touched on the havoc of misrule and hidden abuses of power. Cohen also looks at smaller works, including a one-act opera written and composed by philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Opera --- Political aspects --- History. --- Political aspects. --- muziekgeschiedenis --- muziek --- opera's --- Music --- Oper --- Politik

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A timely and splendidly illustrated global exploration of the complex intersections of fashion and politics from the mid-19th century to the present day

Taking a multifaceted look at a topic of widespread fascination, this pioneering book presents new research on the intersection of fashion and politics through incisive essays by the field’s leading voices, including both renowned and emerging fashion scholars. The texts unpack fashion between the mid-19th century and today as expressions of nationalism, terrorism, surveillance, and individualism, as well as a symbol of capitalism.

The first section explores the political potential of fashion despite its immutable status as a commodity. The second section offers a historical account of the political nature of dress, such as the fashion of dissent within Mao’s Cultural Revolution and the Black Panther movement. The ways bodies are defined by dress—the entanglement of oppression and expression—is the theme of the third section. A fourth and final section explores contemporary issues in the practice and theory of dress, from the processes of decolonizing museum collections to the recent sartorial styles of Europe’s political Left. The book’s incisive and beautifully illustrated essays provide a timely investigation of an underdeveloped topic through a variety of historical and current formats, including public and personal archives, fashion magazines, political newspapers, museum displays, art, and social media.

Fashion --- Clothing and dress --- Political aspects --- Philosophy --- Politics --- Manufacturing technologies --- fashion [concept] --- fashion design --- Fashion - Political aspects --- Clothing and dress - Political aspects --- Fashion - Philosophy --- fashion [culture-related concept]

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German literature --- Directing --- Drama --- Piscator, Erwin --- Theater --- Political aspects --- History --- Piscator, Erwin, --- Réalisateurs de cinéma --- Théâtre prolétarien --- Théâtre --- Metteurs en scène de théâtre --- Political aspects. --- Mise en scène --- Theater - Political aspects --- Theater - History - 20th century --- Piscator, Erwin, - 1893-1966

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Sociology of culture --- televisieprogramma's --- publiek --- sociale ethiek --- populaire cultuur --- televisiegeneratie --- sociale media --- Mass communications --- Reality television programs --- Social aspects --- Political aspects --- Political aspects. --- Social aspects.

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Mass media --- Communication --- Communication. --- Mass media. --- Social aspects --- Political aspects --- Political aspects. --- Social aspects. --- Samfundsvidenskab --- Sociologi. --- Mass communications --- social communications --- media --- social media