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Ballet matters : a cultural memoir of dance dreams and empowering realities / Jennifer Fisher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fisher, Jennifer, 1949- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fisher, Jennifer, 1949-.
- Fisher, Jennifer.
- Ballet--Social aspects.
- Ballet.
- Ballerinas--United States--Biography.
- Ballerinas.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 196 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Part memoir, part dance history and ethnography, this critical study explores ballet's power to inspire and to embody ideas about politics, race, women's agency, and spiritual experience. The author argues that dance relates to life in powerful, individual, and communal ways, reflecting culture and embodying new ideas"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The stories we tell : memoir ethnography
- Ballet as a blueprint
- How to choose a profession
- Pilgrimage to theatre street and home
- Finding my religion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781476674759
- 1476674752
- OCLC:
- 1042357415
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