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Meaning in Motion: New Cultural Studies of Dance
Jane C Desmond
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Description for Meaning in Motion: New Cultural Studies of Dance
Paperback. Brings together the work of critics who have ventured into the boundaries between dance and cultural studies to find new ways of approaching matters of embodiment, identity, and representation Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 408 pages, 37 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: AS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 562.
Dance, whether considered as an art form or embodied social practice, as product or process, is a prime subject for cultural analysis. Yet only recently have studies of dance become concerned with the ideological, theoretical, and social meanings of dance practices, performances, and institutions. In Meaning in Motion, Jane C. Desmond brings together the work of critics who have ventured into the boundaries between dance and cultural studies, and thus maps a little-known and rarely explored critical site.
Writing from a broad range of perspectives, contributors from disciplines as varied as art history and anthropology, dance history and political ... Read more
Dance, whether considered as an art form or embodied social practice, as product or process, is a prime subject for cultural analysis. Yet only recently have studies of dance become concerned with the ideological, theoretical, and social meanings of dance practices, performances, and institutions. In Meaning in Motion, Jane C. Desmond brings together the work of critics who have ventured into the boundaries between dance and cultural studies, and thus maps a little-known and rarely explored critical site.
Writing from a broad range of perspectives, contributors from disciplines as varied as art history and anthropology, dance history and political ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Series
Post-Contemporary Interventions
Condition
New
Weight
657g
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822319429
SKU
V9780822319429
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About Jane C Desmond
Jane C. Desmond is Associate Professor of American Studies and Women’s Studies at the University of Iowa.
Reviews for Meaning in Motion: New Cultural Studies of Dance
“Excellent! Meaning in Motion will make it much easier for scholars concerned primarily with cultural studies to consider the challenges dance poses in ‘rethinking the body.’”— Peggy Phelan, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University