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Theatres of the Body : Dance and Discourse in Antebellum Philadelphia.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brooks, Lynn Matluck.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (0 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- Theatres of the Body is Lynn Matluck Brooks' critical examination of danced stage productions in antebellum Philadelphia.Starting in the 1820s, Brooks explores visual art and social and theatrical dancing across different classes, focusing on the work of E.W.Clay.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction: Dancing, Bodies, and Philadelphia History
- 2. Tumultuous Pleasures: Graphic Lessons in Dancing from the 1820s
- 3. The 1830s: Politics Performed
- 4. Dancing "Philadelphia in Slices": The 1840s
- 5. Order and Entropy: Science, Stage, and Society, 1850-1860
- 6. Conclusions: Dance as Discourse in Antebellum Philadelphia
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4399-2305-1
- OCLC:
- 1524420490
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