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Dancing Archives Archive Dances
Thom, Thom Hecht, Phd
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Description for Dancing Archives Archive Dances
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AFKP; ASD; GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
This book presents the first in-depth archival exploration of a lost history of dance as an extracurricular activity at Radcliffe College, the women's liberal arts college of Harvard University, during the first half of twentieth century. Using archival story-ing, an innovative methodology that brings the researcher's lived experience at the Radcliffe College Archives into the historical discourse, three archive stories were created. These vivid narratives thrive in the researcher's personal encounters with the surroundings of the archive and the interpretation and reading of what is to be found giving profound insights into what it means to walk in the footsteps ... Read more
This book presents the first in-depth archival exploration of a lost history of dance as an extracurricular activity at Radcliffe College, the women's liberal arts college of Harvard University, during the first half of twentieth century. Using archival story-ing, an innovative methodology that brings the researcher's lived experience at the Radcliffe College Archives into the historical discourse, three archive stories were created. These vivid narratives thrive in the researcher's personal encounters with the surroundings of the archive and the interpretation and reading of what is to be found giving profound insights into what it means to walk in the footsteps ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783837624793
SKU
V9783837624793
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About Thom, Thom Hecht, Phd
Thom Hecht received a Ph.D. in Dance from Texas Woman's University and held an appointment as Visiting Fellow at Harvard University (2010-2012). His research interests embrace the history of dance in higher education, dance pedagogy, and gender studies.
Reviews for Dancing Archives Archive Dances
»Hecht will Geschichte verlebendigen, und das gelingt ihm.« Miriam Althammer, www.tanznetz.de, 11.04.2014