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Choreomania - Dance and Disorder (Hardcover)
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Choreomania - Dance and Disorder (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Studies in Dance Theory
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From the condemnation of protest to skepticism of religious
ecstasy, radical movement has been defined by freedoms and
restrictions relative to class conflict, national policy, and
colonialism. In this book, author Kelina Gotman examines
choreographies of unrest, rethinking the modern formation of
choreomania, a fantastical concept across scientific disciplines
used to designate the spontaneous and uncontrolled movements of
crowds. In these misformations of body politics, prejudices against
spontaneity unravel, suggesting widespread anxieties about
impulsiveness and irregularity. In tandem with dialogues of the
erratic, Gotman makes use of histories of nineteenth-century
control which identify the period as one of increasing
regimentation. As she notes, constraints on movement signal
constraints on political power and agency and on individuals'
capacity to shift their allegiances, inhabiting more hospitable
terrains. In each chapter, Gotman confronts the many ways
choreomania functions as an extension of colonialism, dismissing
expressive bodies as mentally and physically infected others.
Through her research, Gotman unearths the many instances of
choreomania that represent collective efforts to escape social
tyranny inflicted by the upper class.
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