Language English Originally published 1993 Subject Opera Country United States of America | Media type Print Genre Non-fiction | |
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Nominations Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Studies Similar Wayne Koestenbaum books, Non-fiction books | ||
The Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexuality and the Mystery of Desire is a 1993 book by American cultural critic Wayne Koestenbaum.
Summary
Koestenbaum explores the relationship between gay men and opera, with frequent reference to his own experiences. In particular, he finds a strong identification of the "opera queen" with the "diva." His connection between the two is the voice: he describes it as genderless, and it both allows female singers to become vicarious surrogates for closeted or fearful male listeners, and proves that the body of the opera singer and the queer body are both restrained.
References
The Queen's Throat Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA