Victoria Thoms

Martha Graham (eBook, ePUB)

Gender & the Haunting of a Dance Pioneer

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In her heyday, Martha Graham's name was internationally recognized within the modern dance world, and though trends in choreography continue to change, her status in dance still inspires regard. In this book, the first extended feminist look at this modern dance pioneer, Victoria Thoms explores the cult of Graham and her dancing through a feminist lens that exposes the gendered meaning behind much of her work. Thoms synthesizes a diverse archive of material on Graham from films, photographs, memoir and critique in order to uniquely highlight her contribution to the dance world and arts culture in general.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Intellect Books
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781783200924
• Artikelnr.: 44834270

Autorenporträt

Victoria Thoms' research employs an intertextual analysis of the moving gendered body. Using a feminist cultural studies approach, she reads the dancing body across different interdisciplinary, geographic and historical matrices. This approach has led her to investigate specific women in the concert dance genre. She is presently working toward a monograph-length intertextual reading of the work and life of Martha Graham.