Backstage economies : labour and masculinities in contemporary European dance / Dunja Njaradi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Njaradi, Dunja, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dance--Europe.

Dance.

Modern dance--Europe.

Modern dance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chester, [England] : University of Chester Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Backstage Economies: Labour and Masculinities in Contemporary European Dance investigates gender politics and labour practices in contemporary European dance. By focusing on masculinities and job careers in professional dance, this study looks at the cultural, historical, and material conditions that shape the dancers' experience of 'the everyday' as they travel to work; struggle to secure funding; nurse injuries; and negotiate their gender and work identities. The emphasis on the dancers' everyday experience is designed to critically explore and to challenge the established methodological boundaries of dance studies: the focus shifts away from the scholarly attentions that are more regularly paid to the phenomenology and perception of performance, towards the material conditions of dance production. In general, this book revisits the debates in dance education related to gender politics and the well-being of dancers; and it also traces and discusses some significant shortcomings of the current European dance policies and employment practices.

Contents:

""Backstage Economies front cover""; ""Title pages""; ""Copyright page""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Chapter One: What is Dance? An Introduction to 'Contemporary Dance'""; ""Chapter Two: Shattered and Sown Europe: Theoretical Questions and Methodological Approaches to Study Dance Under Globalization""; ""Chapter Three: Gender and Masculinities in the World of Contemporary Professional Dance""; ""Colour Plates""; ""Chapter Four: Dance Performance as Labour and Production""; ""Chapter Five: Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""Back cover""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 9, 2014).

ISBN:

9781908258182

1908258187

OCLC:

884588844