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dc.contributor.authorMills, Dana
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-31 23:55:55
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-03 08:32:13
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T13:56:15Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T13:56:15Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier620070
dc.identifierOCN: 982239250en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32012
dc.description.abstract"Since ancient times and across cultures, dance has provided a powerful form of human expression. In this inspiring book, Dana Mills examines the political power of dance from a global perspective. Mills explores different dimensions of dance as a form of intervention into a politics more commonly articulated in words. She is interested in dance as a system of communication that allows its subjects to speak with their bodies and to create embodied spaces, drawing attention to the radically egalitarian nature of dance with its ability to transcend all boundaries of gender, race and sexual politics. The book is structured around a range of cross-cultural and comparative examples, from the work of Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham to gumboot dancers in South Africa and the One Billion Rising movement, which uses dance to protest against gendered violence. Each case study references powerful dance ‘moments’, providing links to YouTube clips to allow readers to experience dance directly as they read. The case studies are discussed within a conceptual framework drawing on Rancière’s concept of dissensus and in the light of recent work on embodied politics by political theorists including Jodi Dean and Jane Bennett. Dance and politics is aimed at a dual audience of political theorists and students and scholars of dance and performance. It will also be of great interest to readers seeking to expand their thinking about politics, embodiment and activism."
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATQ Danceen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTS Social and political philosophyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPA Political science and theoryen_US
dc.subject.otherpolitics
dc.subject.otherdance
dc.subject.otherradical democratic theory
dc.subject.otherbodies
dc.subject.otherDabke
dc.subject.otherGumboot dance
dc.subject.otherHuman rights
dc.subject.otherIsadora Duncan
dc.subject.otherMartha Graham
dc.titleDance and politics: Moving beyond boundaries
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.26530/OAPEN_620070
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy6110b9b4-ba84-42ad-a0d8-f8d877957cdd
oapen.relation.isbn9781526105172
oapen.pages152
oapen.remark.publicRelevant Wikipedia pages: Dabke - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabke; Dance - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance; Gumboot dance - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gumboot_dance; Human rights - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights; Isadora Duncan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadora_Duncan; Martha Graham - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Graham
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