An account of Salome's dance and its centrality within modernist performance.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-232) and index.
Contents
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 1 'UNLOCATABLE BODIES': MODERNIST VEILED DANCERS FROM LOÏE FULLER TO MAUD ALLAN -- 2 'THAT INVISIBLE DANCE': SYMBOLISM, SALOMÉ AND OSCAR WILDE'S CHOREOGRAPHIC AESTHETICS -- 3 'HARMONIES OF LIGHT': CINÉ-DANCES AND WOMEN'S SILENT FILM -- 4 'HERODIAS' DAUGHTERS HAVE RETURNED AGAIN': W. B. YEATS AND THE IDEAL BODY -- EPILOGUE 'DANCED THROUGH ITS SEVEN PHASES': SAMUEL BECKETT AND THE LATE MODERNIST SALOME -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
