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4 saints in 3 acts
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A snapshot of the American avant-garde in the 1930s
Paperback
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Artikel-Nr:
9781526113030
Veröffentl:
2017
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.12.2017
Seiten:
200
Autor:
Patricia Allmer
Gewicht:
459 g
Format:
234x156x13 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Patricia Allmer is Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History at the University of EdinburghJohn Sears is an independent scholar
Explores the remarkable 1934 opera Four Saints in Three Acts, focusing on the hitherto neglected significance of photography in documenting the opera and its all-African American cast, and examining the roles of fashion, dance, literature, and music in the opera's popular success.
Foreword by Anna DannemannIntroduction - Patricia Allmer and John Sears1 Moving pictures: photography and time in Four Saints in Three Acts - Patricia Allmer2 Modernism in tableaux: race and desire in Four Saints in Three Acts - Lisa Barg3 Styling Four Saints in Three Acts: scene, costume, fashion and the queer modern moment - Christopher Breward4 Not so black and white: Frederick Ashton's 'outsider' ballet - Lucy Weir5 'As if they were the saints they said they were': Gertrude Stein's Four Saints in Three Acts and serial resemblance - John Sears6 The visitable past: Four Saints in Three Acts remembered - Steven WatsonIndex