Dance and politics: moving beyond boundaries
Auteur :
Mills, Dana
Éditeur :
Manchester University Press
ISBN :
9781526105158
Date de publication :
17 nov. 2016
Dimensions :
21,6 x 13,8 x 0,9 cm
Poids :
195 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book examines the political power of dance, particularly its transgressive potential. Focusing on readings of dance pioneers Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham, Gumboots dancers in the gold mines of South Africa, the One Billion Rising movement, dabke in Palestine and dance as a protest against human rights abuse in Israel, the book explores mom