Helen Thomas

The Body, Dance and Cultural Theory (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book takes its point of departure from the overwhelming interest in theories of the body and performativity in sociology and cultural studies in recent years. It explores a variety of ways of looking at dance as a social and artistic (bodily) practice as a means of generating insights into the politics of identity and difference as they are situated and traced through representations of the body and bodily practices. These issues are addressed through a series of case studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137487773
• Artikelnr.: 47897872

Autorenporträt

HELEN THOMAS is Reader in Sociology at Goldsmiths College, University of London.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
 PART 1: CULTURAL BODIES 
The Body in Culture: Before the Body Project
 The Body in Culture: The Body Project
 Ethnography Dances Back
 PART 2: DANCE, THE BODY AND CULTURAL THEORY 
The Body in Dance
 Reconstructing the Dance: In Search of Authenticity?
 Dance and Difference: Performing/Representing/Re-Writing the Body
 Dancing the Night Away: Rave/Club Culture
 Conclusion
 References
 Index.