Body Knowledge Performance, Intermediality, and American Entertainment at the Turn of the Twentieth Century |
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| Author:
| Simonson, Mary |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-989801-5 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $195.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.