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4 saints in 3 acts
A snapshot of the American avant-garde in the 1930s
Langbeschreibung
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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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
Patricia Allmer is Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History at the University of EdinburghJohn Sears is an independent scholar
ISBN-13:
9781526113030
Veröffentl:
2017
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.12.2017
Seiten:
200
Autor:
Patricia Allmer
Gewicht:
459 g
Format:
234x156x13 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
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