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Opera, Or The Undoing Of Women
''Opera, or the Undoing of Women'' () is a 1979 book by French philosopher Catherine Clément Catherine Clément (; born 10 February 1939) is a French philosopher, novelist, feminist, and literary critic, born in Boulogne-Billancourt. She received a degree in philosophy from the École Normale Supérieure, and studied under its faculty Cla ..., in which the author explores the way in which traditional operatic plots often feature the death of female characters – in her words, "the infinitely repetitive spectacle of a woman who dies, murdered." Besides the literal deaths of characters such as Carmen, Madama Butterfly, Cio-Cio-San, Tristan und Isolde, Isolde and Pelléas et Mélisande (opera), Mélisande, Clément also discusses metaphorical deaths – for example, Turandot's power and the Der Rosenkavalier, Marschallin's sexuality. Clément makes many references to works outside the field of traditional musicological and opera scholarship, including Jules Michelet's ''Satanism a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Clément
Catherine Clément (; born 10 February 1939) is a French philosopher, novelist, feminist, and literary critic, born in Boulogne-Billancourt. She received a degree in philosophy from the École Normale Supérieure, and studied under its faculty Claude Lévi-Strauss and Jacques Lacan, working in the fields of anthropology and psychoanalysis. A member of the school of French feminism and écriture féminine, she has published books with Hélène Cixous and Julia Kristeva. She has also made contributions to musicology; her '' Opera, or the Undoing of Women'' (1979) is notable for its emphasis on the representation of women in opera. She lived many years overseas, as her husband, André Lewin (1934–2012), was a diplomat who was France's Ambassador to India, Austria, Guinea, Gambia and Senegal. She was awarded the Grand Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite in 2012 and the Commander of the Legion of Honour in 2017. Bibliography Novels * ''Bildoungue ou la vie de Freud'', Christia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |