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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808369903321

Titolo

Sentient performativities of embodiment : thinking alongside the human / / edited by Lynette Hunter, Elisabeth Krimmer, and Peter Lichtenfels

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4985-2721-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (351 p.)

Disciplina

128/.6

Soggetti

Human body in popular culture

Human body in mass media

Human body - Social aspects

Human body (Philosophy)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Chapter One: Weird Embodiment; Chapter Two: The Senses and Sciences of Fascia; Chapter Three: The Petri Dish; Chapter Four: The Performativity of Performance; Chapter Five: Enminded Performance; Chapter Six: JUST LIKE THAT: William Forsythe; Chapter Seven: Her Heart Can Lift Mountains by Beating; Chapter Eight: Transversal Affectivity and the Lobster; Chapter Nine: Kantor's director; Chapter Ten: Where Can Walking Be Taking Me?; Chapter Eleven: Walking with/Com-Pains; Chapter Twelve: Walking Home; Chapter Thirteen: Jewish Ears and Aryan Dirndls

Chapter Fourteen: "So That They Never Forget the Holocaust"Chapter Fifteen: Presidential Dancing; Chapter Sixteen: Socialization through the Arts; Bibliography; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

This collection addresses the burgeoning interest in the body as a site of affective and somatic, as well as sociocultural, communication. It explores what performers do with bodies in practice, rehearsal, and performance and how that translates to audiences and their sociopolitical contexts.