The Body and Everyday Life
Autor Helen Thomasen Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 apr 2013
The Body and Everyday Life offers a lively and comprehensive introduction to the study of the body. It uses case studies in performance practices to examine the key concepts, methods and critical insights gained from this area. It includes sections on:
- ethnographies of the body
- bodies of performance
- performing gender
- the ageing performing body.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780415331128
ISBN-10: 0415331129
Pagini: 182
Ilustrații: 4 line drawings, 12 halftones
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0415331129
Pagini: 182
Ilustrații: 4 line drawings, 12 halftones
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Public țintă
UndergraduateCuprins
Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction: Enter ‘the Body’ 2. Performing the Body 3. Performing Gender: The ‘Body’ in Question 4. Ethnographies of the Body: Absent-presence 5. Older Bodies: Performing Age, Ageing and Invisibility. Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography
Notă biografică
Helen Thomas is Director of Doctoral Programmes at the University of the Arts London. Trained in both dance and sociology, her research interests centre on the sociology of dance and the body, cultural theory, and qualitative research methods applied to cultural practices. She has published numerous articles and book chapters and the following books: The Body, Dance and Cultural Theory (2003); Cultural Bodies (eds. with J. Ahmed, 2004); Dance in the City (ed. 1997), Dance, Modernity and Culture (1995) and dance Gender and Culture (ed. 1993).
Descriere
The Body and Everyday Life offers a lively and comprehensive introduction to the study of the body, clearly illustrating the complex relationships that exist between the body, society and everyday life. It will be an invaluable introduction for students of sociology, body studies, gender studies, dance and performance, and cultural studies.