{"product_id":"sisters-of-salome-9780803262416","title":"Sisters of Salome","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplores how four influential dancers embraced the persona of the femme fatale and transformed the misogynist image of a dangerously sexual woman into a form of personal liberation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Here is a book that will scare the pants off John Ashcroft. A highbrow survey of what generally passes as a lowbrow art. . . . The detail is as delicious, and as revealing, as a Dance of the Seven Veils.”—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Bentley studies the figure of the fin-de-siècle femme fatale, in particular four women–Colette, Maud Allan, Mata Hari, and Ida Rubinstein–who chose the way of Salome. They danced exotically to wield their power, reinvent themselves, and, paradoxically, hide their sad pasts by becoming as nude as possible.”—\u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This fascinating slice of popular culture will appeal to both social and dance historians.”—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405265641815,"sku":"9780803262416","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sisters-of-salome-9780803262416","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}