Translating and Dismantling the Myth

The Memoirs of Isadora Duncan

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24215/23142502e063

Keywords:

Isadora Duncan, modern dance, My life, Mary Desti, myth

Abstract

This review presents a tour of (Des)ordenando a Isadora Duncan (2023), by Josefina Zuain. In this book, the author proposes the translation and updating of the reading of Duncan’s autobiography entitled My Life in order to return to certain ways in which the history has configured her image. For this purpose, Zuain carries out a series of tasks that includes the translation of other texts by and about Duncan as well as the incorporation of unpublished documents. In this way the author suggests criticisms, offers counterpoints, and questions certain strategies of self-legitimization to dismantle the myth of Isadora Duncan as the creator of modern dance, supporting a revision of her memoirs.

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Published

2024-08-09

How to Cite

Hlebovich, L. . (2024). Translating and Dismantling the Myth: The Memoirs of Isadora Duncan. Boletín De Arte, (26), e063. https://doi.org/10.24215/23142502e063

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No. 26 (2024): Boletín de Arte 26

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Reviews

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Copyright (c) 2024 Ludmila Hlebovich

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