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

Author
Foulkes, Julia L.
Published
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2002]
Copyright Date
©2002
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 257 pages) : illustrations
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Manifestos -- Pioneer women -- Primitive moderns -- Men must dance -- Organizing dance -- Dancing America -- Dance in war -- Coda: The revelations of Alvin Ailey.
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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ISBN
0807862029 (electronic bk.)
9780807862025 (electronic bk.)
0807826987 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780807826980 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0807853674 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780807853672 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-244) and index.
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