Modern bodies : dance and American modernism from Martha Graham to Alvin Ailey /
This text exposes the social dynamics that shaped American modernism and moved dance to the edges of society. Through their art, modern dancers challenged conventional roles and images of gender, sexuality, race, class, and regionalism with a confrontational view of American democracy.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
[2002]
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Colección: | Cultural studies of the United States.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Manifestos
- Pioneer women
- Primitive moderns
- Men must dance
- Organizing dance
- Dancing America
- Dance in war
- Coda: The revelations of Alvin Ailey.