The second edition of The Routledge Dance Studies Reader offers fresh critical perspectives on classic and modern dance forms, including ballroom, tango, Hip-hop, site-specific performance, and disability in dance.
Alexandra Carter and Janet O'Shea deliver a substantially revised and updated collection of key texts, featuring an enlightening new introduction, which tracks differing approaches to dance studies. Important articles from the first edition are accompanied by twenty new works by leading critical voices. The articles are presented in five thematic sections, each with a new editorial introduction and further reading. Sections cover:
Making dance
Performing dance
Ways of looking
Locating dance in history and society
Debating the discipline
The Routledge Dance Studies Reader gives readers access to over thirty essential texts on dance and provides expert guidance on their critical context. It is a vital resource for anyone interested in understanding dance from a global and contemporary perspective.
Copyright:
2010
Book Details
Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781135173470
Related ISBNs:
9780203445525,
9780415485982
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
12/09/15
Copyrighted By:
Alexandra Carter, Janet O'Shea for selection and editorial matter
