Sisters of Salome
Publisher: Bison Books
Published: June 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780803262416
Subjects: Dance; Women; Entertainment & Performing Arts - Dancers; Women's Studies - General; Performing Arts; Biography / Autobiography; Salome; Feminism & Feminist Theory; Dance - History; Performing Arts / Dance / General; Women dancers; Dance - General; (Biblical figure); Biography; Feminism and dance
First sentence: FROM a few scant lines in the New Testament Gospels of Mark and Matthew - neither even call her by name - Salome's notorious reputation was born as the woman responsible for the death of John the Baptist, the prophet who preached the coming of Christ.