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Martha Graham : Gender and the Haunting of a Dance Pioneer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Bristol : Intellect, Limited, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (222 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781783200917
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Martha GrahamDDC classification:
  • 792.82092
LOC classification:
  • GV1785.A1 -- .T466 2013eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Images -- Chapter 1: Martha Graham as Ghost -- Chapter 2: Graham and the Spectres of Feminism -- Chapter 3: Haunting Cultural Imperialism: Graham, London, and the Phantom of the Ballet -- Chapter 4: Graham's Haunted Relationship with the Camera: Reality, Time, and Dancing -- Chapter 5: Ways of Speaking with the Dead: Graham and Queer Resurrection -- Chapter 6: Martha Graham in Our Hands -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.
Summary: 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.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Images -- Chapter 1: Martha Graham as Ghost -- Chapter 2: Graham and the Spectres of Feminism -- Chapter 3: Haunting Cultural Imperialism: Graham, London, and the Phantom of the Ballet -- Chapter 4: Graham's Haunted Relationship with the Camera: Reality, Time, and Dancing -- Chapter 5: Ways of Speaking with the Dead: Graham and Queer Resurrection -- Chapter 6: Martha Graham in Our Hands -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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