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Dancing with the revolution : power, politics, and privilege in Cuba /
"Elizabeth B. Schwall aligns culture and politics by focusing on an art form that became a darling of the Cuban revolution: dance. In this history of staged performance in ballet, modern dance, and folkloric dance, Schwall analyzes how and why dance artists interacted with republican and, later...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2021]
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| Colección: | Envisioning Cuba.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Elizabeth B. Schwall aligns culture and politics by focusing on an art form that became a darling of the Cuban revolution: dance. In this history of staged performance in ballet, modern dance, and folkloric dance, Schwall analyzes how and why dance artists interacted with republican and, later, revolutionary politics. Drawing on written and visual archives, including intriguing exchanges between dancers and bureaucrats, Schwall argues that Cubans dancers used their bodies and ephemeral, nonverbal choreography to support and critique political regimes and cultural biases"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 298 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 146966335X 9781469663357 9781469662985 1469662981 |