Overview

This collection of essays explores the study of bodily reality - not as a natural or given, but as a substantial, vital constituent of cultural experience. Contributors look at bodies engaged in practices as varied as pageantry, physical education, festivals and exhibitions, tourism, and social and theatrical dance. They succeed in bringing these bodies to life with all the political, gendered, racial and aesthetic resonances of which bodily motion is capable. Dance is used in this volume as a theoretical framework to assist the reader in understanding the body's permanent transience, and in the task of transposing its movement into words and choreography into theory. These are groundbreaking essays that work to resurrect bodies in all their cultural significance. They move bodies across disciplinary boundaries, and encourage a rethinking of knowledge categories by illuminating the body's role in the production of narrative, the construction of collectivity, and the articulation of the unconcious. Corporealities is an important and exciting development in dance studies. As a bridge to other disciplines that have neglected dance for too long, it demands to be read by all who have an interest in cultural studies, gender or performance. Contributors: Susan Leigh Foster; Mark Franko; Heidi Gilpin; Lena Hammergren; Randy Martin; Sally Ness; Peggy Phelan; Nancy Lee Chalfa Ruyter; Marta Elena Savigliano; Linda Tomko

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Author:   Susan Foster
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9780415121385

ISBN 10:   0415121388
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   16 November 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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