Overview
- Brings together two literatures, on theories of the body and dance studies, that have surprisingly not before been connected
Develops new insights into both literatures by exploring these new connections
Written by an author with a lucid and original style
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Cultural Bodies
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Dance, the Body and Cultural Theory
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Back Matter
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About this book
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.
About the author
HELEN THOMAS is Reader in Sociology at Goldsmiths College, University of London. She has published numerous articles on dance and presented papers on her work in Europe, North America and Japan. She is editor of Dance, Gender and Culture and Dance in the City, and is author of Dance, Modernity and Culture. She recently completed an AHRB funded study, Dancing into the Third Age: Social Dance as Cultural Text.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Body, Dance and Cultural Theory
Authors: Helen Thomas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-48777-3
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2003
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: 272
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave
Topics: Dance