The Queer Afterlife of Vaslav Nijinsky
Author | : Kevin Kopelson |
Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1997 |
ISBN-10 | : 0804729492 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780804729499 |
Rating | : 4/5 (499 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Queer Afterlife of Vaslav Nijinsky by : Kevin Kopelson
Download or read book The Queer Afterlife of Vaslav Nijinsky written by Kevin Kopelson and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is three books in one: an impressionistic account (based on the aestheticism of Walter Pater) of the dancer's homoerotic career, a deconstructive analysis of his gay male reception (drawn from the semiotics of Roland Barthes), and an exploration of the limitations of that analysis.