Moving Otherwise - Dance, Violence, and Memory in Buenos Aires

Moving Otherwise offers a fascinating look at how contemporary dance practices in Buenos Aires enacted politics within political and economic violence from the mid-1960s to the mid-2010s. It is the
first book on Argentine contemporary dance and it introduces a breadth of choreographers and practices to an English speaking audience.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Victoria Fortuna is an Assistant Professor in the Dance Department at Reed College in Portland, OR. Her research interests include Latin/x American concert and social dance, dance as a mode of political and community organization, and cultural histories of dance in transnational perspective.

Zusammenfassung

Moving Otherwise offers a fascinating look at how contemporary dance practices in Buenos Aires enacted politics within political and economic violence from the mid-1960s to the mid-2010s. It is the first book on Argentine contemporary dance and it introduces a breadth of choreographers and practices to an English speaking audience.

Zusatztext

Victoria Fortuna offers a stirring yet incisive exploration into the world of Argentinian dance under the duress of political violence. A compelling study of moving within and against the restraints of neoliberalism, Moving Otherwise makes a vital contribution to the fields of dance studies and human rights.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Victoria Fortuna, Victoria (Assistant Professor Fortuna
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9780190627010
• ISBN: 978-0-19-062701-0
• Seiten: 264
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Bildende Kunst; Dance, Ethnic Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Classical & Ballet, ART / Performance, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Dance, Hispanic & Latino Studies