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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Felicia McCarren (Professor of French, Professor of French, Tulane University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.10cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 15.50cm Weight: 0.318kg ISBN: 9780190061821ISBN 10: 0190061820 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 29 June 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Chapter 1: Veil, Flower, and Dagger: Gender, Ecology and Orientalism in La Source Chapter 2: The natural history and cultural history of La Source: 1866 Chapter 3: La Source after Suez: 1875 Chapter 4: Not the Arab Spring: La Source, 2011 Chapter 5: Resources: La Source, 2014 BibliographyReviewsA lively journey deep into the Paris Opera houseAand its dance ecologies that interrogates popular and elite culture in French society and its still unresolved postcolonial issues. McCarren brings into dialogue challenging ideas circulating on both sides of the Atlantic and suggests the possibility of more inclusive and more ethical dance worlds. -- Laure Guilbert, Former Chief Editor of Dance Books, Paris National Opera Felicia McCarren writes a much-needed political history of the Paris Opera Ballet as a distinct regime of knowledge in Modern France. Through her sophisticated intertwining of dance history, ecofeminism, new materialism, and postcolonial theory, McCarren's timely meditation on La Source offers vital insights into choreography's hybrid ecology of practices. -- Noemie Solomon, writer and curator Felicia McCarren writes a much-needed political history of the Paris Opera Ballet as a distinct regime of knowledge in Modern France. Through her sophisticated intertwining of dance history, ecofeminism, new materialism, and postcolonial theory, McCarren's timely meditation on La Source offers vital insights into choreography's hybrid ecology of practices. * Noemie Solomon, writer and curator * A lively journey deep into the Paris Opera houseand its dance ecologies that interrogates popular and elite culture in French society and its still unresolved postcolonial issues. McCarren brings into dialogue challenging ideas circulating on both sides of the Atlantic and suggests the possibility of more inclusive and more ethical dance worlds. * Laure Guilbert, Former Chief Editor of Dance Books, Paris National Opera * A lively journey deep into the Paris Opera houseand its dance ecologies that interrogates popular and elite culture in French society and its still unresolved postcolonial issues. McCarren brings into dialogue challenging ideas circulating on both sides of the Atlantic and suggests the possibility of more inclusive and more ethical dance worlds. * Laure Guilbert, Former Chief Editor of Dance Books, Paris National Opera * Felicia McCarren writes a much-needed political history of the Paris Opera Ballet as a distinct regime of knowledge in Modern France. Through her sophisticated intertwining of dance history, ecofeminism, new materialism, and postcolonial theory, McCarren's timely meditation on La Source offers vital insights into choreography's hybrid ecology of practices. * No'emie Solomon, writer and curator * Author InformationFelicia McCarren, Professor of French at Tulane University in New Orleans, has been a fellow of the Paris Institute for Advanced Study and the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (2016-17). She is a member of the seminar in the cultural history of dance at EHESS, Paris and the international research group PARIFA (Performance, Archive and Repertory in the Francophone Atlantic). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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