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Beschreibung
Mary Wigman, Germany's premier dancer between the two world wars, envisioned the performer in the thrall of ecstatic and demonic forces. Widely hailed as an innovator of dance modernism, she never acknowledged her complex relationship with National Socialism. In Ecstasy and the Demon, Susan Manning advances a sociological explanation for the collaboration between German modern dancers and National Socialism. She models methods for dance studies that contextualize choreography in relation to changing sociopolitical conditions, bringing dance scholarship into conversation with intellectual trends across the [...] introduction to this second edition brings Manning's groundbreaking work to bear on dance studies today and reconsiders Wigman's career from the perspective of queer theory and globalization, further illuminating the interplay of dance and politics in the twentieth [...] Manning is professor of English, theater, and performance studies at Northwestern University.
Mary Wigman, Germany's premier dancer between the two world wars, envisioned the performer in the thrall of ecstatic and demonic forces. Widely hailed as an innovator of dance modernism, she never acknowledged her complex relationship with National Socialism. In Ecstasy and the Demon, Susan Manning advances a sociological explanation for the collaboration between German modern dancers and National Socialism. She models methods for dance studies that contextualize choreography in relation to changing sociopolitical conditions, bringing dance scholarship into conversation with intellectual trends across the [...] introduction to this second edition brings Manning's groundbreaking work to bear on dance studies today and reconsiders Wigman's career from the perspective of queer theory and globalization, further illuminating the interplay of dance and politics in the twentieth [...] Manning is professor of English, theater, and performance studies at Northwestern University.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780816638024
ISBN-10: 0816638020
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Manning, Susan
Auflage: First edition
Hersteller: University of Minnesota Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Mare Nostrum Group B.V., Doelen 72, ?-4831 GR Breda, gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk
Maße: 21 x 152 x 229 mm
Von/Mit: Susan Manning
Erscheinungsdatum: 08.11.2006
Gewicht: 0,574 kg
Artikel-ID: 133521325