Tár: The sociomaterial making and unmaking of maestro

Stanislas Kihm ()
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Stanislas Kihm: ISTEC - Institut supérieur des Sciences, Techniques et Economie Commerciales - ISTEC, IDHES - Institutions et Dynamiques Historiques de l'Économie et de la Société - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - UP8 - Université Paris 8 - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre - UEVE - Université d'Évry-Val-d'Essonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - ENS Paris Saclay - Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay

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Abstract: Written and directed by Todd Field, Tár (2022) follows Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett), a celebrated conductor whose authority begins to fracture just as her prestige appears most secure. As she prepares Mahler's Fifth Symphony and launches her autobiography, the film stages not only a personal downfall but the unmaking of a gendered regime of authority. My argument is that Field's film is most compelling when it presents authority as a craft of time, access, and coordination, while keeping questions of gender and sexuality inseparable from the exercise of command.

Date: 2026-06-18
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Published in Organization, 2026, ⟨10.1177/13505084261461879⟩

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DOI: 10.1177/13505084261461879

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