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Corporeal politics : dancing East Asia / edited by Katherine Mezur and Emily Wilcox.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in dance history series.
- Studies in dance history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dance--East Asia--History.
- Dance.
- Dance--Political aspects--East Asia.
- Dancers--East Asia.
- Dancers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 336 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- In Corporeal Politics, leading international scholars investigate the development of dance as a deeply meaningful and complex cultural practice across time, placing special focus on the intertwining of East Asia dance and politics and the role of dance as a medium of transcultural interaction and communication across borders. In Corporeal Politics: Dancing East Asia, leading international scholars investigate the development of dance as a deeply meaningful and complex cultural practice across time, placing special focus on the intertwining of East Asia dance and politics and the role of dance as a medium of transcultural interaction and communication across borders. Countering common narratives of dance history that emphasize the US and Europe as centers of origin and innovation, the expansive creativity of dance artists in East Asia asserts its importance as a site of critical theorization and reflection on global artistic developments in the performing arts. Through the lens of "corporeal politics" - the close attention to bodily acts in specific cultural contexts - each study in this book challenges existing dance and theatre histories to re-investigate the performer's role in devising the politics and aesthetics of their performance, as well as the multidimensional impact of their lives and artistic works. Corporeal Politics addresses a wide range of performance styles and genres, including dances produced for the concert stage, as well as those presented in popular entertainments, private performance spaces, and street protests.
- Notes:
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-472-12694-6
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