LEADER 03387nam 2200481 a 450 001 9910463047903321 005 20210106224652.0 010 $a0-19-992152-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000427036 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24668205 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3055629 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000427036 100 $a20121011d2013 fy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 200 10$aKinesthetic city$b[electronic resource] /$edance and movement in Chinese urban spaces /$fSanSan Kwan 210 $aNew York ;$aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (240 p. )$cill 311 $a0-19-992153-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 8 $a'Kinesthetic City' uses choreography as subject and method to explore how movement through particular spaces at precise moments can illuminate the communities in those places and times. It examines the simultaneous persistence and mobility of the idea of Chineseness as it travels across a transnational network of Chinese cities.$bIn Kinesthetic City, author SanSan Kwan explores the contentious nature of Chineseness in diaspora through the lens of moving bodies as they relate to place, time, and identity. She locates her study in five Chinese urban sites-Shanghai, Taipei, Hong Kong, New York's Chinatown, and the San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles-at momentous historical turning points to parse out key similarities and differences in the construction of Chineseness. The moving bodies she considersare not only those in performances by some of the most well-known Chinese dance companies in these cities, but also her own as she navigates urban Chinese spaces. By focusing primarily on kinesthesia-the body's awareness of motion-to gather information rather than more traditional modes of sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste, she highlights the importance of motion in the determination of space. In examining in these specific places at these precise historical moments, Kwan illuminates how moving bodies contribute to the production of those places and those moments. For Kwan, Chinese communities in diaspora provide particularly salient examples ofhow when and where our bodies are help to determine who we are. Whether engaged in otherwise unremarkable walking or in highly choreographed acts of political protest, human movement exists in dialogue with the kinesthetic of these city spaces, helping Chinese communities make meaning of themselvesaway from mainland China. As a whole, Kinesthetic City offers dance studies ways to extend movement analysis to study not only concert, folk or social dance, but also quotidian movement and urban flow. 606 $aDance$zChina 606 $aMovement, Aesthetics of 606 $aDance$xSocial aspects$zChina 606 $aPublic spaces$zChina 606 $aUrbanization$zChina 607 $aChina$xSocial life and customs 608 $aElectronic books.$2lcsh 615 0$aDance 615 0$aMovement, Aesthetics of. 615 0$aDance$xSocial aspects 615 0$aPublic spaces 615 0$aUrbanization 676 $a792.80951 700 $aKwan$b SanSan$0890654 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 801 2$bStDuBDSZ 801 2$bUkPrAHLS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463047903321 996 $aKinesthetic city$92261281 997 $aUNINA