@article{bf7b1fb803ca466ebcdeaef87c96dc85,
title = "The corset, the bicycle and the Hottentot: Alexandre Falgui{\`e}re{\textquoteright}s The Dancer and Cl{\'e}o de M{\'e}rode{\textquoteright}s modern feminine body",
author = "Susan Waller",
note = "In 1896, Alexandre Falgui{\`e}re's sculpture The Dancer ( La Danseuse), was the succ{\`e}s de scandale of the Salon des Artistes Fran{\c c}ais. While the public wondered whether the nude figure indeed represented Cl{\'e}o de M{\'e}rode, a rising star in the ballet of the Op{\'e}ra de Paris, art critics reacted with unusual vehemence to the work, labeling it a {"}modern{"} body and denouncing it as {"}deformed{"} or {"}damaged.{"}",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1080/24692921.2017.1370258",
language = "American English",
volume = "1",
journal = "Feminist Modernist Studies",
}