Dance, Modernity and Culture

By examining the development of modern dance in the USA in the inter-war period, Thomas develops a framework for analysing dance from a sociological perspective. She applies her approach to, among others, St Denis, Ted Shawn, and Martha Graham.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations, Acknowledgements, 1. Formulating a sociology of dance, 2. Theatrical dance in America from the eighteenth to the nineteenth century, 3. Transitions, 4. Beginnings: dance and the processes of cultural reproduction, 5. Iconoclasts from Denishawn, 6. Dance, modernity and culture, 7. Shifting horizons, 8. Conceptual Americanism, modernism and universalism in music and dance, 9. Appalachian Spring, 10. Conclusion, Appendix, Bibliography, Name index, Subject index

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Helen Thomas

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Helen Thomas
• Verlag: Taylor and Francis
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 19.10.1995
• EAN: 9780415087933
• ISBN: 978-0-415-08793-3
• Seiten: 232
• Abmessung: 156 mm x 234 mm x 20 mm
• Gewicht: 590 g
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Theater, Ballett; USA, Dance, Cultural Studies, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / General, United States of America, USA, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period)