MHST 260 - Desire and the Diva

Next Offered: Spring Semester

Semester Offered: Second Semester
FC
Credits: 4 Credits
Attribute: CNDP

How is desire musically performed? This course investigates divas - objects, generators, and personifications of musical desire - as performers, cultural products, and artists. We will examine the rise of the diva from the eighteenth century through the present through operas, films, and popular music. Investigating how the diva inhabits desire will allow us to discuss interdisciplinary issues including sexuality, gender, exoticism, and colonialism within dramatic forms. Of particular interest will be the intersection of the diva with performativity, including how divas use desire to create and/or radically reinterpret how a creator envisioned a character through the force of their own personality. This course is part of the Arts of Desire StudiOC Learning Community.

Enrollment Limit: 20
Instructor: C. McGuire

Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: MHST 101 (for Conservatory Majors)
Cross List Information: ENGL 213 Desire and Literature: StudiOC Learning Community

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