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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
“In Fandom, Authenticity, and Opera: Mad Acts and Letter Scenes in Fin-de- Siècle Russia, Anna Fishzon constructs a framework for understanding a feature of the era’s Zeitgeist: melodrama. … In this very short chapter of her work, the author explores topics of intersection rich in potential for further investigation. Fishzon’s thoughtful and provocative assertions here will appeal to readers interested in all matters Russian.” (Lois Alexander, Slavic and East European Journal, 2015)
'In this fascinating and powerfully written history of opera fans and celebrities in late imperial Russia, Anna Fishzon offers us an almost operatic landscape, filled with compelling stories and important arguments about modern public life, the commercialization of art, sexuality and gender, emotions (especially fantasy and desire), and the meanings of key cultural questions such as sincerity and selfhood. This is an essential and compelling contribution to our growing knowledge and understanding of the Russian experience at the end of the old regime and of the tumultuous world of the European fin de siècle more broadly.' - Mark D. Steinberg, Professor, Department of History, University of Illinois, USA
'This book is an original and unusually informative study of Russian opera and its fans in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Though this period is probably the best-studied in all of Russian history, Fishzon has found an unexplored view on it and discovered an untapped body of archival material. She focuses on fans, groupies, and sponsors of Russian private opera theaters, and she reads their documents by using interpretative concepts that are informed by the studies of mid- twentieth century Hollywoodfandom. As it happens, this meeting between national cultures and historical periods has produced fascinating results. I enjoyed reading this book and eagerly recommend it to students of Russian and European music, theater, and culture.' - Alexander Etkind, Professor of Russian Literature and Cultural History, University of Cambridge, UK
About the author
Anna Fishzon is Assistant Professor of History at Williams College, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fandom, Authenticity, and Opera
Book Subtitle: Mad Acts and Letter Scenes in Fin-de-Siècle Russia
Authors: Anna Fishzon
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137023452
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Anna Fishzon 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-02344-5Published: 18 September 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-43820-4Published: 18 September 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-02345-2Published: 11 September 2013
Series ISSN: 2945-6630
Series E-ISSN: 2945-6649
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 273
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: European History, Modern History, Cultural History, Music, Social History, Russian, Soviet, and East European History