{"product_id":"alien-bodies-representations-of-modernity-race-and-nation-in-early-modern-dance-9780415145954","title":"Alien Bodies: Representations of Modernity, 'Race' and Nation in Early Modern Dance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlien Bodies\u003c\/em\u003e is a fascinating examination of dance in Germany, France, and the United States during the 1920s and 1930s. Ranging across ballet and modern dance, dance in the cinema and Revue, Ramsay Burt looks at the work of European, African American, and white American artists.\u003cbr\u003e Among the artists who feature are: \u003cbr\u003e * Josephine Baker\u003cbr\u003e * Jean Borlin\u003cbr\u003e * George Balanchine\u003cbr\u003e * Jean Cocteau\u003cbr\u003e * Valeska Gert\u003cbr\u003e * Katherine Dunham\u003cbr\u003e * Fernand Leger\u003cbr\u003e * Kurt Jooss\u003cbr\u003e * Doris Humphrey\u003cbr\u003e Concerned with how artists responded to the alienating experiences of modern life, \u003cem\u003eAlien Bodies\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on issues of: \u003cbr\u003e * national and 'racial' identity\u003cbr\u003e * the new spaces of modernity\u003cbr\u003e * fascists uses of mass spectacles\u003cbr\u003e * ritual and primitivism in modern dance\u003cbr\u003e * the 'New Woman' and the slender modern body\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-49563\"\u003eRamsay Burt\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.12w x 0.53d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415145954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415145953\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER003040\"\u003eDance | Modern\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER003010\"\u003eDance | Classical \u0026amp; Ballet\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER011000\"\u003eTheater | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRamsay Burt is the author of the highly acclaimed \u003cem\u003eThe Male Dancer\u003c\/em\u003e. He is currently Senior Research Fellow in Dance at De Montfort University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44580219355373,"sku":"9780415145954","price":109.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_5b729919-19ab-42df-bf90-595fb2c602fb.jpg?v=1702072574","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/alien-bodies-representations-of-modernity-race-and-nation-in-early-modern-dance-9780415145954","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}