
Bodies in Commotion
Disability and Performance
The University of Michigan Press
Published on 29. June 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-472-06891-3 (ISBN)
Description
"A testament to the synergy of two evolving fields. From the study of staged performances to examinations of the performing body in everyday life, this book demonstrates the enormous profitability of moving beyond disability as metaphor. . . . It's a lesson that many of our cultural institutions desperately need to learn."
-Martin F. Norden, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
This groundbreaking collection imagines disabled bodies as "bodies in commotion"-bodies that dance across artistic and discursive boundaries, challenging our understanding of both disability and performance. In the book's essays, leading critics and artists explore topics that range from theater and dance to multi-media performance art, agit-prop, American Sign Language theater, and wheelchair sports. Bodies in Commotion is the first collection to consider the mutually interpretive qualities of these two emerging fields, producing a dynamic new resource for artists, activists, and scholars.
-Martin F. Norden, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
This groundbreaking collection imagines disabled bodies as "bodies in commotion"-bodies that dance across artistic and discursive boundaries, challenging our understanding of both disability and performance. In the book's essays, leading critics and artists explore topics that range from theater and dance to multi-media performance art, agit-prop, American Sign Language theater, and wheelchair sports. Bodies in Commotion is the first collection to consider the mutually interpretive qualities of these two emerging fields, producing a dynamic new resource for artists, activists, and scholars.
Reviews / Votes
Winner: 2006 Best Book Award from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) * The Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) Outstanding Book Award *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Ann Arbor
United States
Illustrations
13 B&W photographs
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-472-06891-3 (9780472068913)
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Persons
Carrie Sandahl is Associate Professor of Theatre at Florida State University.
Philip Auslander is Professor in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Philip Auslander is Professor in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture at the Georgia Institute of Technology.