Marking Modern Movement: Dance and Gender in the Visual Imagery of the Weimar Republic

Marking Modern Movement: Dance and Gender in the Visual Imagery of the Weimar Republic

Grant:
Lecturers' Professional Development Fund (LPDF)
Academic Year:
2019 - 2020 (June 1, 2019 through May 31, 2020)
Funding Requested:
$2,000.00
Project Dates:
-
Applicant(s):
ssfunk
Overview of the Project:
I am seeking funding to assist in the costs of the subvention and indexer for my book, which is under contract and scheduled for publication by the University of Michigan Press in Summer 2020.
This book project explores how the engagement across art, dance, and visual culture in Weimar Germany (1918-1933) resulted in depictions that often challenged long-held models of objectifying the female body. Artists, dancers, and magazine editors came to know each other’s work well, and in the process, strict binaries of self and other dissipated. Explorations of gender across numerous art movements, dance styles, and mass-distributed magazines illuminated complex relationships through parallel experiences of making, identification coupled with desire, and shared aesthetic, cultural, and social concerns. Together, art, dance, and mass culture addressed assumed gendered roles in ways that disrupted and questioned historical structures of power and meaning yet also acknowledged skepticism of true change.

Continued in Project Objectives...
Final Report Fields
Project Objectives:

I sought this CRLT funding to support a significant portion of the subvention for my book, Marking Modern Movement: Dance and Gender in the Visual Imagery of the Weimar Republic (University of Michigan Press, 2020).  This funding made the printing of a physical book with high-quality images possible.

Project Achievements:

Thanks to this subvention, my book could feature copious high-quality image reproductions: 49 in black-and-white, 28 in color. Many are reproduced as full-page illustrations. This is nearly triple the number of color plates anticipated in earlier stages of the project. The images complement the analyses in my text, which often emphasize issues in color, brushstroke, and other details difficult to see in smaller black-and-white reproductions. Moreover, the numerous color plates enhance the beauty of the physical book, which hopefully add to its appeal for general readers who might buy it. 

Continuation:
Starting in November 2020, I turned to the promotional and public-dialogue aspects of the project. This includes outreach to professional and alumni associations; updates on social media; and presentations and public talks. I also look forward to reading book reviews about my book. In addition, I am exploring where the topic and methodology of this book might lead for new future projects, ones that might focus more on intersections of dance, gender, and design.
Dissemination:
Now that the physical book and eBook are published, the book will be widely available for purchase in bookstores, at the University of Michigan Press website, and by online purveyors, as well as in academic libraries -- including at the University of Michigan.
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