{"product_id":"visions-of-the-village-ruralness-identity-and-czech-opera-9780197602034","title":"Visions of the Village: Ruralness, Identity, and Czech Opera","description":"\u003cem\u003eVisions of the Village\u003c\/em\u003e offers a nuanced account of the cultural history, political salience, and social resonances of Czech village operas, especially those by composers \u003cem\u003eBed%rich Smetana\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAnton?n Dvo%r?k\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLeos Jan?ček\u003c\/em\u003e. By examining music-critical writings, institutional and government records, letters, and other archival sources, Christopher Campo-Bowen examines how musical representations of the idealized village acquired and provided meaning for Czech audiences, serving as the basis for understandings of a wide range of sociocultural and political issues, including gender, class, nationalism, imperialism, ethnicity, and race. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book explores how operas like Smetana's \u003cem\u003eThe Bartered Bride\u003c\/em\u003e, Dvo%r?k's \u003cem\u003eThe Devil and Kate\u003c\/em\u003e, and Jan?ček's \u003cem\u003eJenůfa\u003c\/em\u003e served as focal points for the articulation of an essentialist sense of Czech identity. In addition to composers and their operas, Campo-Bowen investigates the output of critics, administrators, and other urban intellectuals like Otakar Hostinsk?, Frantisek Adolf %Subert, and Zdeněk Nejedl? to understand the impact of village operas on public discourse. Through this in-depth analysis, this book uncovers how music functions at the nexus of the desire for politically resonant ethnoracial identities and the representation of ruralness, from the nineteenth century to the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristopher Campo-Bowen \u003c\/strong\u003eis an Assistant Professor of Musicology at Virginia Tech. He holds a PhD in musicology from UNC Chapel Hill, and his academic research focuses on the relationships between opera, race\/ethnicity, gender, and empire, especially in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51213125124370,"sku":"9780197602034","price":103.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5b23cb2a-dd56-4281-aa90-9aa6b312e252.jpg?v=1745359956","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/visions-of-the-village-ruralness-identity-and-czech-opera-9780197602034","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}