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Foulkes, Julia L.,

Modern bodies : dance and American modernism from Martha Graham to Alvin Ailey / Julia L. Foulkes. - 1 online resource (xii, 257 pages) : illustrations - Cultural studies of the United States . - Cultural studies of the United States. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-244) and index.

Manifestos -- Pioneer women -- Primitive moderns -- Men must dance -- Organizing dance -- Dancing America -- Dance in war -- Coda: The revelations of Alvin Ailey.

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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.


Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.


Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212


English.

ISBN: 0807862029 (electronic bk.) 9780807862025 (electronic bk.) 0807826987 (cloth ; alk. paper) 9780807826980 (cloth ; alk. paper) 0807853674 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 9780807853672 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Standard No.: 9780807853672

Source: 00027332

LCCN: 2001059758

Subjects--Personal Names:
Ailey, Alvin 1931-1989
Graham, Martha 1894-1991

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Modern dance--History.--United States
PERFORMING ARTS--Dance--Modern.
PERFORMING ARTS--Dance--Classical & Ballet.
Modern dance.
Geschichte
Tanz
Tanztheater
Modern Dance

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.
USA
USA.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
History.

LC Class. No.: GV1623 / .F68 2002eb

Dewey Class. No.: 792.8