Dances with Darwin, 1875-1910 : vernacular modernity in France
- Title
- Dances with Darwin, 1875-1910 : vernacular modernity in France / Rae Beth Gordon.
- Published by
- Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2009.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 311 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Evolution (Biology)
- Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) > France > Paris
- Dance > France > Paris
- Arts, French > France > Paris
- Art and anthropology > France > Paris
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 > Criticism and interpretation
- Art and popular culture > France > Paris
- Modernism (Aesthetics) > France > Paris
- Science and the arts > France > Paris
- Cafés > France > Paris
- Contents
- The epileptic singers -- Darwinism and degeneration theory in popular culture -- What is ugly? -- Natural rhythm : Africans and Black Americans in Paris -- Epileptic singers and the mysteries of the dark continent -- Darwin meets Père Ubu -- Darwin's avant-garde : Ubu's progeny.
- Call number
- Sc E 10-795
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-293) and index.
- Author
- Gordon, Rae Beth, 1940-
- Title
- Dances with Darwin, 1875-1910 : vernacular modernity in France / Rae Beth Gordon.
- Imprint
- Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2009.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-293) and index.
- Connect to:
- LCCN
- 2008023665
- ISBN
- 9780754652434 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- 0754652432 (alk. paper)
- Research call number
- Sc E 10-795