'Dancing As If Language No Longer Existed'

Katarzyna Ojrzynska

ISBN 10: 3034318138 / ISBN 13: 9783034318136

Edité par Peter Lang, Peter Lang Nov 2014, 2014

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Neuware -This book offers a comprehensive study of the role of dance in a wide range of contemporary Irish plays and argues that dance can be perceived as exemplifying the re-embracement of bodily expression by the local culture. The author approaches this issue from a cultural materialist perspective, demonstrating that dance in twentieth-century Ireland was particularly prone to ideological appropriation and that, consequently, its use in contemporary drama often serves to communicate critical and revisionist approaches to the social, economic and political concerns addressed in these plays. The book makes a valuable contribution to current debates about the nature of Irish theatre, investigating recent changes to its traditional, text-based character. These are examined within two important contexts: firstly, transformations in the perception of the human body in Irish culture and, secondly, changes in the attitude of the Irish towards their past and their cultural heritage.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 326 pp. Englisch.

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• Titre: 'Dancing As If Language No Longer Existed'
• Éditeur: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Nov 2014
• Date de parution: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 3034318138
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783034318136
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 225 L x 150 H x 18 P (en millimètres) 225 millimètres de largeur par 150 millimètres de hauteur par 18 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 460 grammes

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This book offers a comprehensive study of the role of dance in a wide range of contemporary Irish plays and argues that dance can be perceived as exemplifying the re-embracement of bodily expression by the local culture. The author approaches this issue from a cultural materialist perspective, demonstrating that dance in twentieth-century Ireland was particularly prone to ideological appropriation and that, consequently, its use in contemporary drama often serves to communicate critical and revisionist approaches to the social, economic and political concerns addressed in these plays. The book makes a valuable contribution to current debates about the nature of Irish theatre, investigating recent changes to its traditional, text-based character. These are examined within two important contexts : firstly, transformations in the perception of the human body in Irish culture and, secondly, changes in the attitude of the Irish towards their past and their cultural heritage.

À propos de l?auteur

Katarzyna Ojrzy ? ska is an assistant lecturer in the Department of ? Drama and Pre-1800 English Literature at the University of ? ód ? . Her research interests include drama and performing arts, Irish studies, body culture studies and disability studies.