Theatres of the Body: Dance and Discourse in Antebellum Philadelphia - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Temple University PressISBN-13:9781439923030ISBN-10:1439923035UPC:9781439923030Book Category:Performing Arts, Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Dance, Cultural & Ethnic Studies, United StatesBook Topic:History & Criticism, American, State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.2809Product ID:SCVBBC6NM6
Theatres of the Body: Dance and Discourse in Antebellum Philadelphia
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. Continuing through the 1830s, she looks at pantomime ballets and blackface minstrelsy through a political lens, asking questions...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Temple University PressISBN-13:9781439923030ISBN-10:1439923035UPC:9781439923030Book Category:Performing Arts, Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Dance, Cultural & Ethnic Studies, United StatesBook Topic:History & Criticism, American, State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.2809Product ID:SCVBBC6NM6
Lynn Matluck Brooks is Arthur and Katherine Shadek Professor of Humanities, Emerita, at Franklin & Marshall College. She is the author of John Durang: Man of the American Stage, The Art of Dancing in Seventeenth-Century Spain: Juan de Esquivel Navarro and His World, and The Dances of the Processions of Seville in Spain's Golden Age and the editor of Women's Work: Making Dance in Europe before...
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