Alien Bodies - Representations of modernity, 'race' and nation in early modern dance (Hardcover)

Alien Bodies is a fascinating examination of dance in Germany, France, and the United States during the 1920s and 1930s. Ranging across ballet and modern dance, dance in the cinema and Revue, Ramsay Burt looks at the work of European, African American, and white American artists.
Among the artists who feature are:
* Josephine Baker
* Jean Borlin
* George Balanchine
* Jean Cocteau
* Valeska Gert
* Katherine Dunham
* Fernand Leger
* Kurt Jooss
* Doris Humphrey
Concerned with how artists responded to the alienating experiences of modern life, Alien Bodies focuses on issues of:
* national and 'racial' identity
* the new spaces of modernity
* fascists uses of mass spectacles
* ritual and primitivism in modern dance
* the 'New Woman' and the slender modern body

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 1998
First published:	1998
Authors:	Ramsay Burt
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-14594-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Dance > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General
LSN:	0-415-14594-5
Barcode:	9780415145947

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