BOOKS by Rhonda K Garelick

Electric Salome: Loie Fuller's Performance of Modernism more books like this

by Rhonda K Garelick

Loie Fuller was the most famous American in Europe throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Rising from a small-time vaudeville career in the States, she attained international celebrity as a dancer, inventor, impresario, and one of the first women filmmakers in the world. Fuller befriended royalty and inspired artists such as ...

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Rising Star: Dandyism, Gender, and Performance in the Fin de Siecle more books like this

by Rhonda K Garelick

Celebrity personalities, who reign over much of our cultural landscape, owe their fame not to specific deeds but to the ability to project a distinct personal image, to create an icon of the self. "Rising Star" is a fascinating look at the roots of this particular form of celebrity. Here Rhonda Garelick locates a prototype of the star personality ...

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