Queer Between the Covers: Maud Allan

Title: 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
Creator: Theresa Easton
Publication Place: Newcastle
Publisher: Theresa Easton
Date: 2018
Copyright Attribution: Courtesy of Theresa Easton
Source: https://search.libraries.london.ac.uk/permalink/44SHL_INST/1j7aip0/alma991011802259709266
Format: Book arts work
Century: 21st
Exhibition Theme: Collecting Spineless Wonders
Subject: Artists' books; LGBTQ+; Performance