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I'm actually reading this one right now as well. I picked it up because there are a lot of images of Orientalism in the ballets from the 1910s to the 1930s, especially in the ballets from Les Ballets Russes like Scheherazade and La Bayadere. These ballets are amazing, but also slightly disturbing because they blend the cultures of Asia and the Middle East into one cohesive fairy-tale land. I want to understand how this disconnect occurred.
Oddly enough, I found this book when I went to the Stanf ...more
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