The Body and Everyday Life

ISBN-13: 9780415331111 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 184 str.

Helen Thomas

Opis

Dealing with the topic of the body, this book illustrates the complex relationships that exist between the body, society and everyday life, by linking contemporary theory to the body through a series of case studies. These case studies range across a variety of cultural settings, such as film, theatre, dance and sport.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements.  1. Introduction: Enter ‘the Body’  2. Performing the Body  3. Performing Gender: The ‘Body’ in Question  4. Ethnographies of the Body: Absent-presence  5. Older Bodies: Performing Age, Ageing and Invisibility.  Conclusion.  Notes.  Bibliography

O autorze

Helen Thomas is Director of Doctoral Programmes at the University of the Arts London. Trained in both dance and sociology, her research interests centre on the sociology of dance and the body, cultural theory, and qualitative research methods applied to cultural practices. She has published numerous articles and book chapters and the following books: The Body, Dance and Cultural Theory (2003); Cultural Bodies (eds. with J. Ahmed, 2004); Dance in the City (ed. 1997), Dance, Modernity and Culture (1995) and dance Gender and Culture (ed. 1993).