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Critical Moves - Dance Studies in Theory and Politics (Paperback, New)
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Critical Moves - Dance Studies in Theory and Politics (Paperback, New)
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In Critical Moves Randy Martin sets in motion an inquiry into the
relationship between dance, politics, and cultural theory. Drawing
on his own experiences as a dancer as well as his observations as a
cultural critic and social theorist, Martin illustrates how the
study and practice of dance can reanimate arrested prospects for
progressive politics and social change. From experimental and
concert dance to more popular expressions, Martin engages a range
of performances and demonstrates how a critical reflection on dance
helps promote fluency in the language of mobilization that
political theory alludes to yet rarely speaks. He explores how Bill
T. Jones's Last Supper at Uncle Tom's Cabin/The Promised Land
defies attempts to separate social ideas from aesthetic concerns
and celebrates multiculturalism in the face of a singular national
culture; he studies the choreography in rapper Ice Cube's video
"Wicked," which confronts racialized depictions of violent crime;
and he discusses how racial difference is negotiated by analyzing a
hip hop aerobics class in a nonblack environment. Revealing how
mastery of modern dance technique teaches an individual body to
express cultural difference and display its intrinsic diversity,
Critical Moves concludes with a reflection on the contribution
dance studies can make to other fields within cultural studies and
social sciences. As such it becomes an occasion to rethink the
terms of history and agency, multiculturalism and nationalism,
identity and political economy. This book will appeal not only to
scholars and practitioners of dance, but also to a wide
cross-section of people concerned with the study of political
theory and the history of social movements.
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