{"product_id":"theatres-of-the-body-dance-and-discourse-in-antebellum-philadelphia-paperback","title":"Theatres of the Body: Dance and Discourse in Antebellum Philadelphia - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLynn Matluck Brooks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheatres of the Body\u003c\/i\u003e is Lynn Matluck Brooks' critical examination of danced stage productions in antebellum Philadelphia. Starting in the 1820s, Brooks explores visual art and social and theatrical dancing across different classes, focusing on the work of E. W. Clay. Continuing through the 1830s, she looks at pantomime ballets and blackface minstrelsy through a political lens, asking questions regarding citizenship, slavery, and freedom. At the time, the city boasted the largest number of native-born ballet dancers in the young nation. Philadelphia also became a creative home to blackface star T. D. Rice, who helped popularize that performance genre. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Reviewing print culture in the 1840s, Brooks shows how newspapers, magazines, and popular fiction provided documentation of dancing in Philadelphia as well as the responses of dance commentators, practitioners, and moralists. \u003ci\u003eTheatres of the Body\u003c\/i\u003e also considers the interplay of science with dance in the 1850s, which impacted both dance practices and reception. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Providing an expansive historiography of these significant contributions to dance in the United States, Brooks deepens our understanding of antebellum culture and history.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLynn Matluck Brooks\u003c\/b\u003e is Arthur and Katherine Shadek Professor of Humanities, Emerita, at Franklin \u0026amp; Marshall College. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eJohn Durang: Man of the American Stage\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Dancing in Seventeenth-Century Spain: Juan de Esquivel Navarro and His World\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Dances of the Processions of Seville in Spain's Golden Age\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eWomen's Work: Making Dance in Europe before 1800\u003c\/i\u003e. She was also editor of Dance Research Journal, Dance Chronicle, and thINKingDANCE.org.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 18, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45519837790310,"sku":"9781439923047","price":62.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/fdftuxDwvL9781439923047.webp?v=1776448229","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/theatres-of-the-body-dance-and-discourse-in-antebellum-philadelphia-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}