TY - BOOK ID - 1953529 TI - Ecstasy and the demon : feminism and nationalism in the dances of Mary Wigman PY - 1993 SN - 0520081935 PB - Berkeley University of California Press DB - UniCat KW - Recreation. Games. Sports. Corp. expression KW - Wigman, Mary KW - Feminism--Philosophy KW - Feminist sociology KW - Feminist theory KW - Feministische theorie KW - Theory of feminism KW - Théorie féministe KW - Dancers KW - Choreographers KW - Modern dance KW - Nationalism and feminism. KW - Social aspects KW - History. KW - Political aspects KW - Nationalism and feminism KW - Feminism and nationalism KW - Feminism KW - Interpretive dancing KW - Modern dancing KW - Dance KW - Artists KW - Political aspects&delete& KW - History KW - Social aspects&delete& KW - Wigman, Mary, KW - Wigman, M. KW - Wiegmann, Marie, KW - Germany KW - Biography KW - Wigman, Mary, - 1886-1973. KW - Dancers - Germany - Biography. KW - Choreographers - Germany - Biography. KW - Modern dance - Social aspects - Germany - History. KW - Modern dance - Political aspects - Germany - History. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1953529 AB - Germany's premier dancer between the two world wars, Wigman envisioried the dancer in the thrall of ecstatic and demonic forces. Transforming the performer into an abstract configuration of energy in space, her works subverted the traditional eroticization of the female dancer. Critics in her own time and historians since have hailed her as major innovator of dance modernism. This book is the first volume in England to examine Mary Wigman's overall career, to study in depth all her major dances, and to analyze her relationship with National Socialism. It treats this material within a framework of feminist and political thought that is rigorous and intellectually provocative. The book wil be a major addition to the literature of dance history ER -