Editorial: Routledge
Colección: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
Número de páginas: 196 págs.
Fecha de edición: 31-05-2023
EAN: 9781032132914
ISBN: 978-1-032-13291-4
Precio (sin IVA): 52,14 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 54,23 €
Kate Holmes uses insights gained as a practitioner to reconstruct in detail the British and American performances and public personae of key stars such as Lillian Leitzel, Luisita Leers, and the Flying Codonas, revealing what is performed and implicit in today’s practice. Using a wealth of original sources, this book considers the forgotten stars whose legacy of the cultural image of the female aerialist echoes. Locating performers within wider cultural histories of sport, glamour, and gender, this book asks important questions about their stardom, including: Why were female aerialists so alluring when their muscularity challenged conservative ideals of femininity and how did they participate in change? What was it about their movements and the spaces they performed in that activated such strong audience responses?