Dancing in the Blood: Modern Dance and European Culture on the Eve of the First World War

ISBN-13: 9781107196223 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 306 str.

Edward Ross Dickinson

Opis

This book explores the revolutionary impact of modern dance on European culture in the early twentieth century.

Recenzje

'I thoroughly enjoyed this tremendous book, and I expect all historians of the early twentieth century will, too.' Robert M. Brain, The American Historical Review

Spis treści

Introduction: modern dance and the birth of the twentieth century; 1. Modern dance and the business of popular culture; 2. Art, women, liberation; 3. Blood and make believe: race, identity, and performance; 4. Embodied revelation: dance, religion, and knowledge; 5. Legacies: dance as profession, spectacle, therapy, politics; Conclusion: coherent contradictions in modernism and modernity.