Something in the way she moves: dancing women from Salome to Madonna
2005; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 42; Issue: 05 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5860/choice.42-2717
ISSN1943-5975
Autores Tópico(s)Diversity and Impact of Dance
ResumoWith heroines like Josephine Baker, Colette, Isadora Duncan, and the cancaneuses of the Moulin Rouge, this is far from a conventional history.Rich with both fascinating anecdotes (such as the New Jersey girl picked up by the police for dancing the very sexy turkey trot one day during the Roaring Twenties), and astonishing facts (the first geishas were men), Something in the Way She Moves shows us the world of and sex through women's eyes. Best-selling author Wendy Buonaventura brings us from Buenos Aires, Argentina, where immigrants created the delicious tango, to Paris and the bawdy, leggy cancan dancers of the Moulin Rouge, to New York, where struggling African-Americans cakewalked, Charlestoned, and shimmied into the public eye, creating jazz dance (originally--and tellingly--called jass dance). This is a book for lovers of and lovers of history alike, and an engrossing introduction to a slightly seamy side of a cultural legacy.
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