This book takes its point of departure from the overwhelming interest in theories of the body and performativity in sociology and cultural studies in recent years. It explores a variety of ways of looking at dance as a social and artistic (bodily) practice as a means of generating insights into the politics of identity and difference as they are situated and traced through representations of the body and bodily practices. These issues are addressed through a series of case studies.
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HELEN THOMAS is Reader in Sociology at Goldsmiths College, University of London.
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Introduction
PART 1: CULTURAL BODIES
The Body in Culture: Before the Body Project
The Body in Culture: The Body Project
Ethnography Dances Back
PART 2: DANCE, THE BODY AND CULTURAL THEORY
The Body in Dance
Reconstructing the Dance: In Search of Authenticity?
Dance and Difference: Performing/Representing/Re-Writing the Body
Dancing the Night Away: Rave/Club Culture
Conclusion
References
Index.