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Flarr Pages #33: The God And The Bailadeira (An Indian Legend): Translation Of Goethe's "Der Gott Und Die Bajadere", Edith Borchardt
Flarr Pages #33: The God And The Bailadeira (An Indian Legend): Translation Of Goethe's "Der Gott Und Die Bajadere", Edith Borchardt
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Flarr Pages #32: Translating Goethe: Der Gott Und Die Bajadere And Schubert's Musical Rendition, Edith Borchardt
Flarr Pages #32: Translating Goethe: Der Gott Und Die Bajadere And Schubert's Musical Rendition, Edith Borchardt
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Flarr Pages #34: Elements Of Hindu Myth In Goethe's "Der Gott Und Die Bajadere", Edith Borchardt
Flarr Pages #34: Elements Of Hindu Myth In Goethe's "Der Gott Und Die Bajadere", Edith Borchardt
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Central to Goethe's ballad, "Der Gott und die Bajadere" ["The God and the Bailadeira"] are two Indian customs: l) the tradition of the "Devadasi" in local Hindu temples and 2) the tradition of "Sati" (= wife) immolation, both cultural practices now forbidden by law but still practiced in some parts of India.
Restaging Hysteria: Mary Wigman As Writer And Dancer , Laura A. Mclary
Restaging Hysteria: Mary Wigman As Writer And Dancer , Laura A. Mclary
Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Mary Wigman was not only a leading proponent of the early twentieth-century Expressionist dance movement, but also a writer of poetry and short poetic prose. Despite her assertion that dance was beyond language, she wrote often about dance in an attempt to articulate the kinesthetic experience of dance through languages. This interdisciplinary study explores the intersection of dance and writing for Wigman, focusing on gender coding in writing and dance within the context of early twentieth-century dialogues. Despite the pervasive equation of (feminine) hysteria with dance and (masculine) subjectivity with authorship, Wigman engaged in both activities. I argue that Wigman …