 Of the presence of the body: essays on dance and performance theory.
Author: Lepecki, Andre Published: 2004 Nine original essays by eminent scholars in the fields of dance and performance studies. The book's focus is the historical, cultural, and political contexts that inform choreographic and dance practices and critical readings of dance - in other words how dance operates as a critical discourse. Focusing exclusively on twentieth-century dance, the interdisciplinary perspectives range from history to race studies, deconstruction, Marxist theory, feminist theory, literary studies, and feminist ethnography. The contributors are Peggy Phelan, Ramsay Burt, Randy Martin, Thomas F Defrantz, Susan Manning, Barbara Browning, Mark Franko, Andre Lepecki, and Karmen Mackendrick. |
