Body knowledge: performance, intermediality, and american entertainment at the turn of the twentieth century
Auteur :
Simonson, Mary
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780199898015
Date de publication :
17 oct. 2013
Dimensions :
16,0 x 23,9 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
553 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.