{"product_id":"salomania-and-the-representation-of-race-and-gender-in-modern-erotic-dance-9781771125871","title":"Salomania and the Representation of Race and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSalomania and the Representation of Race and Gender in Modern Erotic Dance\u003c\/em\u003e situates the 1908 dance craze, which The New York Times called “Salomania,” as a crucial event and a turning point in the history of the modern business of erotic dance. Framing Salomania with reference to imperial ideologies of motherhood and race, it works toward better understanding the increasing value of the display of the undressed female body in the 19th and early 20th centuries.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study turns critical attention to cultures of maternity in the late 19th century, primarily with reference to the ways in which women are defined in relation to their genitals as patriarchal property and space and are valued according to reproduction as their primary labour. Erotic dance as it takes shape in the modern representation of Salome insists both that the mother is and is not visible in the body of the dancer, a contradiction this study characterizes as reproductive fetishism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLooking at a range of media, the study traces the modern figure of Salome through visual art, writing, early psychoanalysis and dance, from \"hootchie kootch\" to the performances dancer Maud Allan called “mimeo-dramatic” to mid-20th-century North American films such as Billy Wilder's \u003cem\u003eSunset Boulevard\u003c\/em\u003e and Charles Lamont's \u003cem\u003eSalome, Where She Danced\u003c\/em\u003e to the 21st-century HBO series \u003cem\u003eThe Sopranos\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Cecily Devereux’s \u003cem\u003eSalomania and the Representation of Race and Gender in Modern Erotic Dance\u003c\/em\u003e offers a wealth of new information. The book poignantly reveals the spectacle of middle-class whiteness behind the racialized Salome craze as well as the sexualized labour of the erotic dance industry. Drawing on an impressive corpus including dance, visual art, postcards, literature, and film, this beautifully illustrated book is a boon for scholars and all those interested in the Salome phenomenon.” – Irene Gammel, Toronto Metropolitan University, author of \u003cem\u003eI Can Only Paint: The Story of Battlefield Artist Mary Riter Hamilton\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“In this deeply researched book, Cecily Devereux engages psychoanalytic theory to examine how the figure of Salome has been deployed as a reproductive fetish to affirm white heteropatriarchal imperialist objectives from the late nineteenth century to the present. Through insightful analyses of theatrical performances, novellas, films (\u003cem\u003eSunset Boulevard\u003c\/em\u003e), and recent television shows (\u003cem\u003eThe Sopranos\u003c\/em\u003e), Devereux situates longstanding fascination with the “daughter of Herodias” within the intertwined histories of erotic dance, white femininity, and Euro-imperial expansion. Timely and invigorating, \u003cem\u003eSalomania and the Representation of Race and Gender in Modern Erotic Dance\u003c\/em\u003e makes an exciting contribution to interdisciplinary feminist scholarship.” – Marlis Schweitzer, York University, author of \u003cem\u003eBloody Tyrants and Little Pickles: Stage Roles of Anglo-American Girls in the Nineteenth Century\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Maud Allan and the Salome dance in 1908\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1: Erotic dance and the culture of imperial motherhood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2: “Salomé, c’est moi”: male artists and the image of the dancer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3: Enter Herodias: the phallic mother and the reproductive fetish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4: On not seeing Salome in \u003cem\u003eSunset Boulevard \u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5: The fetish and the reproduction of whiteness from the Salome corpus to \u003cem\u003eSalome, Where She Danced\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6: “Pathmakers for Salome”: the danse du ventre, the hootchie kootch and “Little Egypt”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7: Oscar Wilde, Loie Fuller and Maud Allen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8: Salomania and the memetic moment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue: Salomania’s legacies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorks Cited\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wilfrid Laurier University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49535368003927,"sku":"9781771125871","price":65.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781771125871.jpg?v=1731897911","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/salomania-and-the-representation-of-race-and-gender-in-modern-erotic-dance-9781771125871","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}