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Reading Dancing: Bodies and Subjects in Contemporary American Dance
Susan Leigh Foster
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Description for Reading Dancing: Bodies and Subjects in Contemporary American Dance
Paperback. Outlines four models for representation in dance which are illustrated through an analysis of the works of contemporary choreographers and through historical examples beginning with court ballets of the Renaissance. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ASDL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 209 x 23. Weight in Grams: 586. Bodies and Subjects in Contemporary American Dance. 224 pages, illustrations. Outlines four models for representation in dance which are illustrated through an analysis of the works of contemporary choreographers and through historical examples beginning with court ballets of the Renaissance. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: ASDL. Dimension: 232 x 209 x 23. Weight: 584.
Borrowing from contemporary semiotics and post-structuralist criticism, Foster outlines four models for representation in dance which are illustrated through an analysis of the works of contemporary choreographers and through historical examples beginning with court ballets of the Renaissance.
Borrowing from contemporary semiotics and post-structuralist criticism, Foster outlines four models for representation in dance which are illustrated through an analysis of the works of contemporary choreographers and through historical examples beginning with court ballets of the Renaissance.
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520063334
SKU
V9780520063334
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Reviews for Reading Dancing: Bodies and Subjects in Contemporary American Dance
"Susan Foster is a new breed of dancer and choreographer."
New York Times
"Foster proposes a context from which the reader might make, see, or write about dance."
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"No other dance book had posited an alternative aesthetic and historical framework beyond its own disciplinary content. In advance of the turn to the body in social ... Read more
New York Times
"Foster proposes a context from which the reader might make, see, or write about dance."
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"No other dance book had posited an alternative aesthetic and historical framework beyond its own disciplinary content. In advance of the turn to the body in social ... Read more