The Body Dance And Cultural Theory

Author : Helen Thomas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1137487771
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Body, Dance and Cultural Theory written by Helen Thomas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Helen Thomas
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134329245
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Body and Everyday Life written by Helen Thomas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-24 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, there has been an explosion of interest in the contemporary social study of the body which has raised important theoretical and methodological questions regarding traditional social and cultural analysis. It has also generated corporeal theories that highlight the fluid, shifting, yet situated character of the body in society. In turn, these corporeal theories have implications for social relations in an era of new technologies and global market economies. The Body and Everyday Life offers a lively and comprehensive introduction to the study of the body. It uses case studies in performance practices to examine the key concepts, methods and critical insights gained from this area. It includes sections on: ethnographies of the body bodies of performance performing gender the ageing performing body. This book clearly illustrates the complex relationships that exist between the body, society and everyday life, and considers the negative and positive implications for the development of future socio-cultural analysis in the field. It will be an invaluable introduction for students of sociology, body studies, gender studies, dance and performance, and cultural studies.

Author : André Lepecki
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780819566126
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Of the Presence of the Body written by André Lepecki and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2004-03-24 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing at the dynamic intersection of dance and performance studies.

Author : Ann Cooper Albright
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
ISBN 13 : 0819574120
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Engaging Bodies written by Ann Cooper Albright and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-20 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Selma Jeanne Cohen Prize in Dance Aesthetics (2014) For twenty-five years, Ann Cooper Albright has been exploring the intersection of cultural representation and somatic identity in dance. For Albright, dancing is a physical inquiry, a way of experiencing and participating in the world, and her writing reflects an interdisciplinary approach to seeing and thinking about dance. In her engagement as both a dancer and a scholar, Albright draws on her kinesthetic sensibilities as well as her intellectual knowledge to articulate how movement creates meaning. Throughout Engaging Bodies movement and ideas lean on one another to produce a critical theory anchored in the material reality of dancing bodies. This blend of cultural theory and personal circumstance will be useful and inspiring for emerging scholars and dancers looking for a model of writing about dance that thrives on the interconnectedness of watching and doing, gesture and thought.

Author : Kasia Monique Chichón
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1304574555
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Impact of Cultural Studies on the Field of Dance written by Kasia Monique Chichón and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bryan S Turner
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1849205418
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Body and Society written by Bryan S Turner and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2008-04-18 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This truly deserves to be considered a classic and I strongly encourage my students to read it from cover to cover. Turner′s work on the body needs to be considered in its own right within courses on the sociology of the body." - Dr Robert Meadows, Surrey University "Remains the foundational text for courses in the sociology of the body, replete with insights and a depth of analysis that has largely inspired an entire new area of studies across the social sciences." - Dr Michael Drake, Hull University "This is THE contemporary text for both academics and students exploring the sociology of the body." - Jessica Clark, University Campus Suffolk This is a fully revised edition of a book that may fairly claim to have re-opened the sociology of the body as a legitimate area of enquiry. Providing an unparalleled guide to all aspects of the subject, each chapter has been revised and updated while the book contains new material that reflects both recent changes in the field and Turner′s developing position on the centrality of vulnerability. Assured and innovative, this book provides the most authoritative statement of work on the sociology of the body by one of the leading writers in the field.

Author : Michael L. Silk
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317596013
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Physical Cultural Studies written by Michael L. Silk and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physical cultural studies (PCS) is a dynamic and rapidly developing field of study. This handbook offers the first definitive account of the state of the art in PCS, showcasing the latest research and methodological approaches. It examines the boundaries, preoccupations, theories and politics of PCS, drawing on transdisciplinary expertise from areas as diverse as sport studies, sociology, history, cultural studies, performance studies and anthropology. Featuring chapters written by world-leading scholars, this handbook examines the most important themes and issues within PCS, exploring the active body through the lens of class, age, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, (dis)ability, medicine, religion, space and culture. Each chapter provides an overview of the state of knowledge in a particular subject area, while also considering possibilities for developing future research. Representing a landmark contribution to physical cultural studies and allied fields, the Routledge Handbook of Physical Cultural Studies is an essential text for any undergraduate or postgraduate course on physical culture, sports studies, leisure studies, the sociology of sport, the body, or sport and social theory.

Author : Mark Franko
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521433921
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dance as Text written by Mark Franko and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1993-04-30 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Franko's analysis blends archival research with critical and cultural theory in order to resituate the burlesque tradition in its politically volatile context. Dance as Text thus provides a picture of the complex theoretical underpinnings of composite spectacle, the ideological tensions underlying experiments with autonomous dance, and finally, the subversiveness of Moliere's use of court ballet traditions.

Author : Ellen W. Goellner
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813521275
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bodies of the Text written by Ellen W. Goellner and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dance and literary studies have traditionally been at odds: dancers and dance critics have understood academic analysis to be overly invested in the mind at the expense of body signification; literary critics and theorists have seen dance studies as anti-theoretical, even anti-intellectual. Bodies of the Text is the first book-length study of the interconnections between the two arts and the body of writing about them. The essays, by scholar-critics of dance and literature, explore dances actual and fictional to offer powerful new insights into issues of gender, race, ethnicity, popular culture, feminist aesthetics, historical "embodiment," identity politics, and narrativity. The general introduction traces the genealogy of dance studies in the academy to suggest why critical and theoretical attention to dance--and dance's challenges to writing--is both compelling and overdue. A milestone in interdisciplinary studies, Bodies of the Text opens both its fields to new inquiry, new theoretical precision, and to new readers and writers.

Author : Susan Foster
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134808321
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporealities written by Susan Foster and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ground-breaking collection of essays that bring dance into the cultural studies mainstream, exploring the many ways we use our bodies as substantial, vital constituents of cultural reality.