Modern Belly Dance
This month, the Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism takes a closer look at Modern Belly Dance. References to dances of the East have appeared in Western sources at least since the beginning of the Christian era, yet what has become known and established as “belly dance” seems most closely connected to the World Expositions of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 was an event that formally introduced the danse du ventre or belly dance to American audiences and caused a stir in public morals, reformed concepts of the exotic, and revolutionized ideas about the relationship between movement and aesthetics. Learn more through the selection of articles below.
Updates to the Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism - October 2021
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism is updated on a bi annual basis. The latest update adds 9 new articles across the Film, Intellectual Currents, Music, Visual Arts and Literature subject areas.
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View the full list of articles included in our October update:
Film
Lang, Fritz (1890 -1976)| Aaron Gerow
Intellectual Currents
Fabianism | Rachel McArthur
Luxemburg, Rosa (1871-1919) | Irene Gammel
Literature
Rimbaud, Jean Nicolas Arthur (1854–1891) | Emile de Rosnay
Glatstein, Jacob (1896-1971) | Alexandra Cubbon
Anderson, Margaret (1886-1973) | Cathy Waszczuk
Music
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911) | Geoffrey S. Cahn
Visual Arts
Braque, Georges (1882-1963) | Eva Bezverkhny
KuNgoni Center of Culture and Art | Alexandra Cubbon