Contortion and Practices of Body Flexibility in East Asia: Mongolia, China, Japan - Couverture souple

Ala-Rashi, Mariam

 
9781958604045: Contortion and Practices of Body Flexibility in East Asia: Mongolia, China, Japan
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1958604046 ISBN 13 : 9781958604045
Editeur : Modern Vaudeville Press, 2023

Synopsis

This compendium comprises three individual research studies that examine contortion and practices of body flexibility in East Asia, namely China, Mongolia and Japan. It explores the performance art forms Chinese contortion, Mongolian contortion and the Kakubei Jishi lion dance of the Niigata prefecture in Japan which utilizes body flexibility. Common points of discussion in these research studies are the investigation of the history and genesis of these art forms and how they developed in various political and social dynamics. This work further offers vast knowledge about crucial elements such as the artist's training processes, their training environment, the development of aesthetics, symbolism in costuming and body movements, religious themes, mythology and natural phenomena, and costume designs. This compendium includes data from a wide range of literature, material evidence, oral history, current media reports, and considers recent work in anthropology, archaeology, and political history. It, therefore, offers the interested reader, the scholar, the contortionist and contortion practitioner a substantial treatise about contortionism and practices of body flexibility.

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Éditeur
Modern Vaudeville Press
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1958604046
ISBN 13 
9781958604045
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
464
Éditeur
Wall Thom, Castro Nicole
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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