This book takes its point of departure from the overwhelming interest in theories of the body and performativity in sociology and cultural studies in recent years. It explores a variety of ways of looking at dance as a social and artistic (bodily) practice as a means of generating insights into the politics of identity and difference as they are situated and traced through representations of the body and bodily practices. These issues are addressed through a series of case studies.
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'Comprehensive and illuminating...Students of contemporary culture will find her interdisciplinary treatment of dance in all its forms an essential text.' - Professor Bryan Turner, Cambridge University, UK
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Helen Thomas is a Reader in Sociology, Goldsmiths College.
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I shall begin this initial discussion of developments in approaches to the study of the body in contemporary western culture with an anecdotal account which I hope will point to recent shifts in discourses of, and around, the body. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, Water Study, Cebu City, Isadora Duncan, Doris Humphrey, Writing Culture, African American, Mark Morris, Martha Graham, World War, Latin American, Lesley Main, Merce Cunningham, Van Zile, Ann Daly, Appalachian Spring, Cooper Albright, Ernestine Stodelle, Gay Morris, Hutchinson Guest, Lincoln Kirstein, San Francisco Ballet School, Sarah Thornton, Susan Foster, The Sun New!
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I shall begin this initial discussion of developments in approaches to the study of the body in contemporary western culture with an anecdotal account which I hope will point to recent shifts in discourses of, and around, the body. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
body project Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Water Study, Cebu City, Isadora Duncan, Doris Humphrey, Writing Culture, African American, Mark Morris, Martha Graham, World War, Latin American, Lesley Main, Merce Cunningham, Van Zile, Ann Daly, Appalachian Spring, Cooper Albright, Ernestine Stodelle, Gay Morris, Hutchinson Guest, Lincoln Kirstein, San Francisco Ballet School, Sarah Thornton, Susan Foster, The Sun New!
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- Cultural Studies by Angela McRobbie on page 65, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Core Sociological Dichotomies by Chris Jenks in Front Matter
- Cultural Methodologies by Jim McGuigan in Front Matter
- Culture and Everyday Life by Andy Bennett in Back Matter
- The Body: A Reader (Routledge Student Readers) by Mariam Fraser in Front Matter
- The Routledge Dance Studies Reader by Alexandra Carter in Front Matter
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