Modern bodies : dance and American modernism from Martha Graham to Alvin Ailey / Julia L. Foulkes.

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Foulkes, Julia L [author.]

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TextSeries: Cultural studies of the United StatesPublisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2002]Copyright date: ©2002Description: 1 online resource (xii, 257 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0807862029
9780807862025
0807826987
9780807826980
0807853674
9780807853672

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Modern bodies.DDC classification:

792.8 22

LOC classification:

GV1623 .F68 2002eb

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AP 83983

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Contents:

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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Summary: 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.

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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.

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