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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787654103321

Autore

Simonson Mary

Titolo

Body knowledge : performance, intermediality, and American entertainment at the turn of the twentieth century / / Mary Simonson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2013

ISBN

0-19-989802-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p. ) : 8 music examples and 21 photographs

Disciplina

792.7082/0973

Soggetti

Intermediality

Revues - United States - 20th century - History and criticism

Women dancers - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book traces the deployment of intermedial aesthetics in the works of early twentieth-century female performers. By destabilizing medial and genre boundaries, these women created compelling and meaningful performances that negotiated turn-of-the-century American social and cultural issues.