Dying swans and madmen ballet, the body, and narrative cinema / Adrienne L. McLean.

Author/creator McLean, Adrienne L.
Other author American Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press,
Descriptionxi, 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents Introduction : ballet in tin cans -- A channel for progress : theatrical dance, popular culture, and (the) American Ballet -- Gender, genre, and the ballet film through 1947 : part 1, the life of a ballerina is indeed tough -- Gender, genre, and the ballet film through 1947 : part 2, the man was mad--but a genius! -- If you can disregard the plot : the red shoes in an American context -- The second act will be quite different : cinema, culture, and ballet in the 1950s -- Turning points : -- Ballet and its bodies in the "post-studio" era.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 259-290), filmography (p. 291-296), and index.
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LCCN 2007024986
ISBN9780813542805 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813542799 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN0813542804 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0813542790 (hc : alk. paper)

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