Sisters of Salome by Toni Bentley

Sisters of Salome

Toni Bentley

226 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history informative slow-paced
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The origins of the art of exotic dancing lie in English drama and Viennese opera: Oscar Wilde's 1893 play Salome, and Richard Strauss's 1905 opera based on it, brought onto the stage a female character who captured and dominated the audience with ...

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