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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816938803321

Autore

LaMothe Kimerer L

Titolo

Nietzsche's dancers : Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, and the revaluation of Christian values / / Kimerer L. LaMothe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, c2006

ISBN

1-281-36363-4

9786611363635

1-4039-7726-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2006.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

792.8/01

Soggetti

Dance - Philosophy

Dance - Religious aspects - Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-264) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction: Reading Nietzsche's Images of Dance -- Part I: Friedrich Nietzsche -- 1 First Steps -- 2 Free Spirits -- 3 Loving Life -- Part II: Isadora Duncan -- 4 A Dionysian Artist -- 5 Incarnating Faith -- Part III: Martha Graham -- 6 An Affirmation of Life -- 7 Athletes of God -- 8 Words to Dance -- Conclusion: Another Ideal -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

This book investigates the role Nietzsche's dance images play in his project of "revaluing all values" alongside the religious rhetoric and subject matter evident in the work of Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham, who found justification and guidance in Nietzsche's texts for developing dance as a medium of religious expression.