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- Title
- Love, sex and greed : reflecting gender and class in French comic opera
- Creator
- Ray, Marcie
- Date
- 2015-03-19
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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Dr. Marcie Ray, ethnomusicologist and assistant professor of musicology at the Michigan State University College of Music, delivers a talk entitled, "Love, sex and greed : reflecting gender and class in French comic opera," at the Michigan State University Museum. Ray describes the history of the French aristocracy, beginning with King Louis XIV, and the role it played in the development of French opera. Ray answers questions from the audience. Ray is introduced by Michigan State University...
Show moreDr. Marcie Ray, ethnomusicologist and assistant professor of musicology at the Michigan State University College of Music, delivers a talk entitled, "Love, sex and greed : reflecting gender and class in French comic opera," at the Michigan State University Museum. Ray describes the history of the French aristocracy, beginning with King Louis XIV, and the role it played in the development of French opera. Ray answers questions from the audience. Ray is introduced by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, the MSU Museum, and co-sponsored by the MSU Center for Gender in Global Context, and the MSU Women's Resource Center. Part of the University's Project 60/50. Held at the MSU Museum.
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- Title
- 'Grease' and the remasculinization of America
- Creator
- Ray, Marcie
- Date
- 2015-04-15
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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Assistant Professor Marcie Ray, of the Michigan State University College of Music, delivers a presentation entitled, "'Grease' and the remasculinization of America". Ray says that the film adaptation of the musical, "Grease," is a nostalgic look at 1950s rock and roll and, a particular masculine ideal. Ray also says that the movie spoke to a large segment of Americans who felt threatened by the rise of disco and it's associations with alternative masculinity and sexuality and that the film...
Show moreAssistant Professor Marcie Ray, of the Michigan State University College of Music, delivers a presentation entitled, "'Grease' and the remasculinization of America". Ray says that the film adaptation of the musical, "Grease," is a nostalgic look at 1950s rock and roll and, a particular masculine ideal. Ray also says that the movie spoke to a large segment of Americans who felt threatened by the rise of disco and it's associations with alternative masculinity and sexuality and that the film responds to what amounted to a moral panic about the death of rock music, because that death heralded the decline of white, middle-class, heterosexual dominance. MSU Music Librarian Mary Black Junttonen introduces Ray, as part of the MSU Libraries Colloquia Series, cosponsored by Music in American Life. Held in the MSU Main Library.
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- Title
- My fair lady : a voice for change
- Creator
- Ray, Marcie
- Date
- 2013-04-17
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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Marcie Ray, Assistant Professor of Musicology at Michigan State University, delivers a talk entitled "My Fair Lady: A Voice for Change". Ray analyzes the character of Eliza Doolittle from the Lerner and Lowe musical "My Fair Lady", places her in a literary context dating back to "Ovid" and says that the film portrays an idealized feminine model aimed at the contemporary audience of 1964. She also says that traditional notions of class and the proper social roles for men and women are...
Show moreMarcie Ray, Assistant Professor of Musicology at Michigan State University, delivers a talk entitled "My Fair Lady: A Voice for Change". Ray analyzes the character of Eliza Doolittle from the Lerner and Lowe musical "My Fair Lady", places her in a literary context dating back to "Ovid" and says that the film portrays an idealized feminine model aimed at the contemporary audience of 1964. She also says that traditional notions of class and the proper social roles for men and women are reinforced by the film and that Eliza's transformation from hysterical, lower class girl to English lady is denoted by her eventual grasp of proper English and her new found cleanliness. Ray uses short clips from the movie to illustrate her points. A question and answer session follows. MSU Music Librarian Mary Black Junttonen introduces Ray. Part of the MSU Libraries' Colloquia Series. Held at the MSU Main Library.
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- Title
- Seeking sympathy for privilege in Webber's Phantom of the Opera
- Creator
- Ray, Marcie
- Date
- 2016-03-02
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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Michigan State University Professor of Music Marcie Ray delivers a talk entitled "Seeking sympathy for privilege in Webber's Phantom of the Opera." Ray explores why a reincarnation of the tortured nineteenth-century genius resonated with audiences of the 1980s and 90s and shows that in the aftermath of two decades of assault on straight white masculinity, the Phantom emerges to garner sympathy for his lost prestige. Ray historicizes the Romantic genius archetype and illuminates how it...
Show moreMichigan State University Professor of Music Marcie Ray delivers a talk entitled "Seeking sympathy for privilege in Webber's Phantom of the Opera." Ray explores why a reincarnation of the tortured nineteenth-century genius resonated with audiences of the 1980s and 90s and shows that in the aftermath of two decades of assault on straight white masculinity, the Phantom emerges to garner sympathy for his lost prestige. Ray historicizes the Romantic genius archetype and illuminates how it represents a fitting and long-standing refuge for the eccentric Western male. MSU Music Librarian Mary Black Junttonen introduces Ray.
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