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

About the author

Jane C. Desmond, ed.

Summary

Dance, whether considered as an art form or embodied social practice, as product or process, is a prime subject for cultural analysis. This title brings together the work of critics who have ventured into the boundaries between dance and cultural studies, and thus maps a critical site. It charts the questions and challenges that mark this site.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Desmond
• Assisted by: Jane Desmond (Editor), Jane C Desmond (Editor), Jane C. Desmond (Editor)
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.1997
• EAN: 9780822319368
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-1936-8
• No. of pages: 408
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 240 mm x 34 mm
• Weight: 862 g
• Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions; Post-Contemporary Intervention
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Performing Arts, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / General