
Moving Words
Re-Writing Dance
Gay Morris(Editor)
Routledge (Publisher)
Published on 30. May 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
360 pages
978-0-415-12543-7 (ISBN)
Description
Moving Words provides a direct line into the most pressing issues in contemporary dance scholarship, as well as insights into ways in which dance contributes to and creates culture. Instead of representing a single viewpoint, the essays in this volume reflect a range of perspectives and represent the debates swirling within dance.
The contributors confront basic questions of definition and interpretation within dance studies, while at the same time examining broader issues, such as the body, gender, class, race, nationalism and cross-cultural exchange. Specific essays address such topics as the black male body in dance, gender and subversions in the dances of Mark Morris, race and nationalism in Martha Graham's 'American Document', and the history of oriental dance.
The contributors confront basic questions of definition and interpretation within dance studies, while at the same time examining broader issues, such as the body, gender, class, race, nationalism and cross-cultural exchange. Specific essays address such topics as the black male body in dance, gender and subversions in the dances of Mark Morris, race and nationalism in Martha Graham's 'American Document', and the history of oriental dance.
Reviews / Votes
'Moving Words ... is an anthology that no one with a serious interst in dance will want to miss. - Lynn GarafolaMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Undergraduate
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
547 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-12543-7 (9780415125437)
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Book
05/1996
1st Edition
Routledge
€207.20
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Person
Gay Morris is dance and art critic whose work has appeared in numerous journals and periodicals, including Dance Chronicle, ArtNews and Art in America. She teaches dance history at Sonoma State University, California
Content
List of figures, List of contributors, Acknowledgments, 1 Introduction, Part I Strategies, Analytical and Interpretive, Part II The Body and Gender, Part III Histories Reconsidered, Part IV Cultural Crossings, Index