The Body, Dance and Cultural Theory

Helen Thomas (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2003
Red Globe Press (Verlag)
978-0-333-72432-3 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.7.2003
Sprache	englisch
Maße	137 x 211 mm
Gewicht	360 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-333-72432-1 / 0333724321
ISBN-13	978-0-333-72432-3 / 9780333724323
Zustand	Neuware