Performing Femininity - Dance and Literature in German Modernism (Paperback, New edition)

This is the first book to analyse the cultural representations of female identity that were created by the interaction between choreography and literary writing in German modernism. It explores the connections between dance, literature and gender discourses with a focus on a key period of the Austro-German dance scene: the years between 1900 and 1933. Drawing on influential feminist and gender theories, this book evaluates the choreographies of leading artists such as Grete Wiesenthal, Mary Wigman, Valeska Gert, Anita Berber, and the sensational 'dream' dancer Madeleine Guipet. In response to growing criticism of ballet, German modern dance reflected and helped shape a reassessment of images of the female, embracing both essentialist and constructionist models of femininity. It also triggered a range of literary responses from dance artists themselves and from contemporary authors - some high-profile, others less well known. This interdisciplinary work offers analyses and part-translations of texts by Alfred Doblin, Frank Wedekind and Carl Sternheim, amongst others, which have to date received little attention in Anglo-American cultural studies due to their unavailability in English.

General

Imprint:	Verlag Peter Lang
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Cultural History & Literary Imagination, 12
Release date:	June 2009
First published:	2009
Authors:	Alexandra Kolb
Dimensions:	220 x 150 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	316
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-911351-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Technical & background skills > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Promotions
LSN:	3-03-911351-8
Barcode:	9783039113514

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