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Record Nr.

UNINA9910372800803321

Autore

Sörgel Sabine <p>Sabine Sörgel, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Deutschland </p>

Titolo

Dancing Postcolonialism : The National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica / Sabine Sörgel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2015

2015, c2007

ISBN

9783839406427

3839406420

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230)

Collana

TanzScripte

Classificazione

AP 83987

Disciplina

792.8097292

Soggetti

Theatre

Dance

Cultural Studies

Postcolonial Studies

Postcolonialism

Theatre Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter    1 Table of Contents    5 Acknowledgements    7 Intro: Tracking the Cross-Cultural Field - The Journey to Jamaican Dance    9 On Creolization - Theorizing Caribbean Identity    23 Dance and Postcolonial Nationalism - Embodying Emancipation    43 Jamaica's National Dance Theatre Company - A Postcolonial Reading of the Repertoire    95 Coda: After the Journey - The Remains of the Dance...    209 Bibliography    213 Backmatter    230

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents the first in-depth critical and historical examination of the internationally renowned National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica (NDTC) in the context of postcolonial theatre. Combining a postcolonial theoretical framework with performance studies and dance analysis, the study examines the interrelationship of Jamaican modern dance theatre aesthetics and the Caribbean's complex cultural genealogy since 1492. Addressing issues of postcolonial nationalism and Jamaican identity politics, the book provides the first



comprehensive study of the NDTC's modern dance theatre works as it situates dance theatre choreography at the centre of postcolonial independence politics and cultural theory in the Caribbean.