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Dancing modernism/performing politics / Mark Franko.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Franko, Mark.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Modern dance--Political aspects.
- Modern dance.
- Modern dance--History.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 190 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1995]
- Summary:
- Employing an interdisciplinary approach to dance analysis, Franko draws from performance studies, feminist studies, and cultural theory to study modern dance in relation to sexual, class, and modernist politics, ranging from Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, and Merce Cunningham to less canonical figures, such as Valentine de Saint-Point, left-wing 'revolutionary' dancers of the 1930s, and Douglas Dunn.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [178]-188) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0253324327
- 0253209471
- OCLC:
- 30915103
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