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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Former NYC ballerina and independent scholar Toni Bentley offers a study of four famous women who created versions of the legendary femme fatale Salome (popularized by Oscar Wilde) in Sisters of Salome, a cultural study and the story of an obsession. Bentley explores the experiences of women who have tapped into the power of the nude female body, particularly four who found fame by portraying Salome: Maud Allen, Mata Hari, Ida Rubenstein and Colette. Bentley gives a sketch of each woman's life and what compelled them to dance their own versions of Salome, showing how she was "not only a misogynist, masochistic male fantasy, but a heterosexual, sadistic female fantasy as well." (Yale Univ., $27.95 288p ISBN 0-300-09039-0; May)
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From Booklist
Bentley examines the cult of Salome that flourished in Europe and in North America during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Dubbed "Salomania," this craze had its roots in the Oscar Wilde play and the subsequent Richard Strauss opera based on the life of Salome, the biblical temptress. Popularized by Maud Allen, the progressive Canadian dancer; Mata Hari, the notorious Dutch spy; Ida Rubinstein, a Russian proponent of the modern dance movement; and Colette, the intoxicating French novelist, the daring Dance of the Seven Veils became an exotic symbol of female self-determination and liberation. In order to calculate the startling impact this cultural phenomenon had on Victorian sensibilities, the author recounts the personal stories of the four extraordinary women who embodied and embraced the freedom represented by Salome and her uniquely empowering striptease. This fascinating slice of popular culture will appeal to both social and dance historians. Margaret Flanagan
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Former NYC ballerina and independent scholar Toni Bentley offers a study of four famous women who created versions of the legendary femme fatale Salome (popularized by Oscar Wilde) in Sisters of Salome, a cultural study and the story of an obsession. Bentley explores the experiences of women who have tapped into the power of the nude female body, particularly four who found fame by portraying Salome: Maud Allen, Mata Hari, Ida Rubenstein and Colette. Bentley gives a sketch of each woman's life and what compelled them to dance their own versions of Salome, showing how she was "not only a misogynist, masochistic male fantasy, but a heterosexual, sadistic female fantasy as well." (Yale Univ., $27.95 288p ISBN 0-300-09039-0; May)
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Bentley examines the cult of Salome that flourished in Europe and in North America during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Dubbed "Salomania," this craze had its roots in the Oscar Wilde play and the subsequent Richard Strauss opera based on the life of Salome, the biblical temptress. Popularized by Maud Allen, the progressive Canadian dancer; Mata Hari, the notorious Dutch spy; Ida Rubinstein, a Russian proponent of the modern dance movement; and Colette, the intoxicating French novelist, the daring Dance of the Seven Veils became an exotic symbol of female self-determination and liberation. In order to calculate the startling impact this cultural phenomenon had on Victorian sensibilities, the author recounts the personal stories of the four extraordinary women who embodied and embraced the freedom represented by Salome and her uniquely empowering striptease. This fascinating slice of popular culture will appeal to both social and dance historians. Margaret Flanagan
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
See all Editorial Reviews
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