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Dancing across the page : narrative and embodied ways of knowing /

An innovative exploration of understanding through dance, Dancing across the Page draws on the frameworks of phenomenology, feminism, and postmodernism to offer readers an understanding of performance studies that is grounded in personal narrative and lived experience. Through accounts of contempora...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barbour, Karen Nicole
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Intellect, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:An innovative exploration of understanding through dance, Dancing across the Page draws on the frameworks of phenomenology, feminism, and postmodernism to offer readers an understanding of performance studies that is grounded in personal narrative and lived experience. Through accounts of contemporary dance making, improvisation, and dance education, Karen Barbour explores a diversity of themes, including power; activism; and cultural, gendered, and personal identity. An intimate yet rigorous investigation of creativity in dance, Dancing across the Page emphasizes embodied knowledge and imagination as a basis for creative action in the world.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (187 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781841505015
1841505013