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Though some dismiss opera as old-fashioned, it shows no sign of disappearing from the world's stage. So why do audiences continue to flock to it? This title proposes ways of thinking about our relationship to art. It shows how, far from merely enhancing aspects of everyday life, art allows us to transcend it.

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"Opera inspires passionate responses among audiences. This engaging, subtle book explains how one society shapes those passions. For Benzecry, operagoing in turn illuminates experiences of national honor, of belonging to a city, and of local loyalty to others. Wit and pleasure are not usually found in works of sociology, but they overflow these pages." (Richard Sennett, New York University)"

The Opera Fanatic Ethnography of an Obsession

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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 7/15/2011 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780226043401, 978-0226043401
    ISBN10: 0226043401
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    Book Synopsis
    Though some dismiss opera as old-fashioned, it shows no sign of disappearing from the world's stage. So why do audiences continue to flock to it? This title proposes ways of thinking about our relationship to art. It shows how, far from merely enhancing aspects of everyday life, art allows us to transcend it.

    Trade Review
    "Opera inspires passionate responses among audiences. This engaging, subtle book explains how one society shapes those passions. For Benzecry, operagoing in turn illuminates experiences of national honor, of belonging to a city, and of local loyalty to others. Wit and pleasure are not usually found in works of sociology, but they overflow these pages." (Richard Sennett, New York University)"

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