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Hitler's dancers : German modern dance and the Third Reich
- Title
- Hitler's dancers : German modern dance and the Third Reich / Lilian Karina and Marion Kant ; translated by Jonathan Steinberg.
- Author
- Karina, Lilian.
- Publication
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2003.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Kant, Marion.
- Description
- xiii, 364 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Uniform Title
- Tanz unterm Hakenkreuz. English
- Alternative Title
- Tanz unterm Hakenkreuz.
- German modern dance and the Third Reich
- Subjects
- Note
- Part I, Recollections, is by Lilian Karina (p. [1]-67 and 10 p. of plates). Includes overview of the Labanist period before the Reich; discussion of sects and cults; discussion of emigrants Evgenia Eduardova, Josef Lewitan, Victor Gsovsky, Kurt Jooss, Sascha Leontieff (Michael Katz), Aurel von Milloss and Lia Schubert; discussion of Scandinavian dance teachers, including Gertrude Engelhardt, Elsa Lindenberg and Edgar Frank; and discussion of Rudolf von Laban.
- Part II, "Dance is a race question." The dance politics of the Reich Ministry of Popular Entertainment and Propaganda, is by Marion Kant (p. [69]-163 and 8 p. of plates). Includes discussions of Rudolf von Laban, Otto von Keudell and Mary Wigman.
- Part III, The Nazi attempt to suppress jazz and swing: a case study, is by Marion Kant (p. [165]-190).
- Part IV, Dance under the Nazis, is a collection of 102 documents selected and edited by Marion Kant.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-351) and index.
- Language (note)
- Translated from German.
- Call Number
- *MGRL 02-1119
- ISBN
- 1571813268 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9781571813268 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1571813004
- 9781571813008
- LCCN
- 2002027712
- OCLC
- 50143368
- Author
- Karina, Lilian.
- Title
- Hitler's dancers : German modern dance and the Third Reich / Lilian Karina and Marion Kant ; translated by Jonathan Steinberg.
- Imprint
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2003.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-351) and index.
- Language
- Translated from German.
- Local Note
- For German language edition copyright 1996 see *MGRL 96-10471.
- Added Author
- Kant, Marion.
- Research Call Number
- *MGRL 02-1119