Description
Moving Words provides a direct line into the most pressing issues in contemporary dance scholarship, as well as insights into ways in which dance contributes to and creates culture. Instead of representing a single viewpoint, the essays in this volume reflect a range of perspectives and represent the debates swirling within dance.
The contributors confront basic questions of definition and interpretation within dance studies, while at the same time examining broader issues, such as the body, gender, class, race, nationalism and cross-cultural exchange. Specific essays address such topics as the black male body in dance, gender and subversions in the dances of Mark Morris, race and nationalism in Martha Graham's 'American Document', and the history of oriental dance.
About the Author
Gay Morris is dance and art critic whose work has appeared in numerous journals and periodicals, including Dance Chronicle, ArtNews and Art in America. She teaches dance history at Sonoma State University, California
Reviews
'Moving Words ... is an anthology that no one with a serious interst in dance will want to miss. - Lynn Garafola
Book Information
ISBN 9780415125437
Author Gay Morris
Format Paperback
Page Count 360
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 521g
