Empire of ecstasy : nudity and movement in German body culture, 1910-1935 / Karl Toepfer.
Empire of ecstasy : nudity and movement in German body culture, 1910-1935 / Karl Toepfer.
Empire of ecstasy : nudity and movement in German body culture, 1910-1935 / Karl Toepfer.
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Berkeley : University of California Press, c1997.
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N792.80943/1
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English
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xvii, 422 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Figure One -- Early Nackttanz -- Nacktkultur -- Feminist Nacktkultur -- Erotic Nacktkultur -- Nacktballet -- Schools of Bodily Expressivity -- Solo Dancing -- Pair Dancing -- Group Dancing -- Theatre Dancing -- Mass Dancing -- Music and Movement -- Dance Criticism -- Dance as Image -- Ecstasy and Mo...
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Berkeley : University of California Press, c1997.
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California
Date Published
c1997.
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Summary
Through the presentation and analysis of unpublished archival material (including many little-known photographs) and the reclamation of forgotten discourses of fashion, gymnastics, nudism, and the visual arts, he investigates the process of constructing an "empire" of appropriative impulses toward ecstasy. Toepfer presents the work of well-known fi...
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Empire of ecstasy : nudity and movement in German body culture, 1910-1935 / Karl Toepfer.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-409) and index.
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c1997.
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N792.80943/1
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74VMbNb03z4b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMbNb03z4b
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0520206630 (alk. paper)
9780520206632 (alk. paper)
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613.70943
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991000855339702626
