The seven addictions and five professions of Anita Berber : Weimar Berlin's priestess of depravity /
"This book is the first contemporary biography of a notorious actor/dancer/poet/playwright who scandalized sex-obsessed Weimar Berlin during the 1920s. In an era where everything was permitted, Anita Berber's celebrations of "Depravity, Horror and Ecstasy" were condemned and cens...
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| Language: | English |
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Los Angeles, CA :
Feral House,
[2006]
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| Summary: | "This book is the first contemporary biography of a notorious actor/dancer/poet/playwright who scandalized sex-obsessed Weimar Berlin during the 1920s. In an era where everything was permitted, Anita Berber's celebrations of "Depravity, Horror and Ecstasy" were condemned and censored. She often haunted Weimar Berlin's hotel lobbies, nightclubs and casinos, radiantly naked except for an elegant sable wrap, a pet monkey hanging from her neck, and a silver brooch packed with cocaine. Multi-talented Anita saw no boundaries between her personal life and her taboo-shattering performances. As such, she was Europe's first postmodern woman."--Global Books in Print. |
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| Item Description: | Includes translation of: The dances of depravity, horror, and ecstasy by Anita Berber and Sebastian Droste. Originally published: Vienna : Gloriette-Verlag, 1922. The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. ǂ5 TXA Purchased for the Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies collection by The Cushing Library. |
| Physical Description: | iv, 199 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-199). |
| ISBN: | 1932595120 9781932595123 |