Modernism's Mythic Pose Gender, Genre, Solo Performance
, by Preston, Carrie J.- ISBN: 9780199766260 | 0199766266
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 9/5/2011
Modernism's Mythic Poserecovers the tradition of Delsartism, a popular international movement that promoted bodily and vocal solo performances, particularly for women. This strain of classical-antimodernism shaped dance, film, and poetics. Its central figure, the mythic pose, expressed both skepticism and nostalgia and functioned as an ambivalent break from modernity.