Sounding social justice in American opera: race and gender in Stinney: an American execution

IF 0.2 4区 社会学 N/A FOLKLORE
Alexandria Carrico
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ABSTRACT In 1944, George Stinney Jr., an African American boy, aged fourteen, was falsely accused of rape and murder; he became the youngest person to be executed in the United States. Seventy years later, Frances Pollock’s opera, Stinney: an American Execution, premiered in Baltimore, Maryland. This article explores how Stinney exposes ongoing issues of race and gender inequality in the United States. Drawing upon ethnographic interviews, I investigate the opera’s collaborative creation process, complex reception, and collective impact. I argue that Stinney serves as a work of musical activism by bringing the marginalized cultural experiences of African Americans, and women of colour specifically, to the fore. Ultimately, Stinney provides an opportunity for diverse audiences to engage in discussions about how we as a society can address injustice and enact social change.
美国歌剧中的社会正义:斯蒂尼的种族与性别:美国处决
摘要1944年,14岁的非裔美国男孩小乔治·斯蒂尼被诬告强奸和谋杀;他成为美国被处决的最年轻的人。70年后,弗朗西丝·波洛克的歌剧《斯蒂尼:美国处决》在马里兰州巴尔的摩首演。本文探讨了Stinney如何揭露美国正在发生的种族和性别不平等问题。根据民族志采访,我调查了歌剧的合作创作过程、复杂的接受和集体影响。我认为,《Stinney》是一部音乐激进主义作品,它将非裔美国人,特别是有色人种女性的边缘化文化体验凸显出来。最终,Stinney为不同的受众提供了一个机会,让他们参与讨论我们作为一个社会如何解决不公正问题和实施社会变革。
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期刊介绍: Folk Life: Journal of Ethnological Studies is a journal devoted to the study of all aspects of traditional ways of life in Great Britain and Ireland. The journal publishes original, high quality, peer-reviewed research in the form of unsolicited articles, solicited papers (which are usually selected from those read at the Society"s annual conference) and of members" papers (which are usually short reports of work in progress). Work published in Folk Life may include, for example, papers dealing with the traditional ways of life of other countries and regions, which may be compared to or contrasted with those of Great Britain and Ireland.
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