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Queer Between the Covers: Maud Allan

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Queer Between the Covers: Maud Allan
Description
Part of a larger book arts work called 'Queer Between the Covers', this book focusses on dancer Maud Allan, who famously performed ‘The Dance of the Seven Veils’ in Oscar Wilde’s Salomé. In a 1918 article entitled ‘The Cult of the Clitoris’, MP Noel Pemberton Billing falsely claimed Allan used her sexuality as a German collaborator. This book work uses paper folds to suggest revelation and secrecy.
Read more about Maud Allan's libel case
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Copyright Attribution
Courtesy of Theresa Easton
Format
Book arts work
Century
21st
Subject
Artists' books
LGBTQ+
Performance