Fields in Motion: Ethnography in the Worlds of Dance - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 155458339X ISBN 13 : 9781554583393

Editeur : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Fields in Motion: Ethnography in the Worlds of Dance examines the deeper meanings and resonances of artistic dance in contemporary culture. The book comprises four sections: methods and methodologies, autoethnography, pedagogies and creative processes, and choreographies as cultural and spiritual representations. The contributors bring an insiders insight to their accounts of the nature and function of these artistic practices, giving voice to dancers, dance teachers, creators, programmers, spectators, students, and scholars. International and intergenerational, this collection of groundbreaking scholarly research points to a new direction for both dance studies and dance anthropology. Traditionally the exclusive domain of aesthetic philosophers, the art of dance is here reframed as cultural practice, and its significance is revealed through a chorus of voices from practitioners and insider ethnographers.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dena Davida has taught university courses and lectured on contemporary dance and culture and has published various essays in academic journals and professional periodicals. Her doctoral work was an ethnographic study of meaning in a contemporary dance event in Montreal, the outcome of her earlier practice as a postmodern dancer and current work as performing arts presenter and dance educator.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 155458339X
• ISBN 13: 9781554583393
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 486
• Éditeur: Davida Dena
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible