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Book SynopsisPowers of the Real analyzes the cultural politics of cinema's persuasive sensory realism in interwar Japan. Examining cultural criticism, art, news media, literature, and film, Lewis offers new perspectives on media history, the commodification of intimacy and emotion, film realism, and gender politics in the age of the mass society in Japan.

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Book SynopsisPowers of the Real analyzes the cultural politics of cinema's persuasive sensory realism in interwar Japan. Examining cultural criticism, art, news media, literature, and film, Lewis offers new perspectives on media history, the commodification of intimacy and emotion, film realism, and gender politics in the “age of the mass society” in Japan.

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Book SynopsisRepublic of Images traces the evolution of French filmmaking from 1895the year of the debut of the Cinematographe in Paristo the present day. Alan Williams offers a unique synthesis of history, biography, aesthetics and film theory. He captures the formal and stylistic developments of film in France over nearly one hundred years.Trade ReviewThe history of French cinema is the history of cinema. -- Nestor AlmendrosTable of ContentsA Note on Film Titles and Dates Introduction Part I: French Cinema Dominates the World Market 1. The Cinema Before Cinema 2. An Industry Begins 3. Growth and Diversification Part II: The Golden Age of the Silent Film 4. Decline and Mutation 5. The Mental and the Physical 6. The Commercial and the Esoteric Part III: The Golden Age of the Sound Cinema 7. An Unexpected Upheaval 8. Art and Entertainment in the Sound Film 9. Politics, Poetics, and the Cinema Part IV: A New Kind of Cinema 10. War and Occupation 11. Liberation-Change and Continuity 12. An Alternative Film Culture Part V: The Nouvelle Vague and After 13. Fourth Wave 14. Filmmaking at the Margins 15. Winds of Change Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisRosenstone investigates how a visual medium, subject to conventions of drama and fiction, might be used as a serious vehicle for thinking about our relationship with the past. Employing such films as Reds, JFK, and Sans Soleil, he considers issues like the rapport between fact and film and the documentary as visionary truth.Trade ReviewIf you're in search of a thoughtful overview of film and history as rival routes to the past, check out the essays collected in Visions of the Past...Rosenstone nicely reverses the assumption that history exists only on paper, approved and stamped by historians. -- Carlin Romano * Chicago Tribune *[A] fascinating analysis of the traditional and nontraditional historical film...This is solid scholarship written in a manner that makes it accessible for a wide range of readers. * Choice *The pieces represent work over a wide time span and demonstrate Rosenstone's evolving attitude toward the historical movie...The author knows of his subject from various perspectives...[and] presents his arguments simply and clearly, without drowning the reader in jargon or obtuse references. Well recommended. * Library Journal *In these essays, Rosenstone writes with the fervor of the convert...urging historians to admit that film can often do what books can't...Rosenstone is really rooting for modernist or post-modern cinema--the likes of Alex Cox, Chris Marker and Trinh T. Minh-ha--as the only adequate chroniclers of our fractured sense of the past. * Sight and Sound *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Personal, Professional, and (a Little) Theoretical PART 1: HISTORY IN IMAGES 1. History in Images / History in Words: Reflections on the Possibility of Really Putting History onto Film 2. The Historical Film: Looking at the Past in a Postliterate Age PART 2: THE HISTORICAL FILM 3. Reds as History 4.The Good Fight: History, Memory, Documentary 5. JFK: Historical Fact / Historical Film 6.Walker: The Dramatic Film as (Postmodern) History 7.Sans Soleil: The Documentary as (Visionary) Truth PART 3: THE FUTURE OF THE PAST 8. Re-visioning History: Contemporary Filmmakers and the Construction of the Past 9.Film and the Beginnings of Postmodern History 10. What You Think about When You Think about Writing a Book on History and Film Notes Sources Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisWhether as a curiosity or a beloved idol, Gene Kelly lives on in our cultural memory as a fantastic dancer in MGM musicals, especially Singin' in the Rain. But dancing, however extraordinary, was only one of his many gifts. This book, for the first time, offers a full picture of Gene Kelly as the Renaissance man he actually was.Trade ReviewHess and Dabholkar's Gene Kelly: The Making of a Creative Legend is the most complete biography of Gene Kelly to date. It offers a substantial addition to what we know about Gene Kelly's career and enriches our appreciation for the depth and range of his accomplishments, thanks to extraordinary and far-reaching research into materials never studied by Kelly's previous biographer. Gene Kelly is a delightful read and a true page-turner."" - Rick Altman, author of Film/Genre""This meticulously researched biography not only is an important addition to film musical scholarship and to our understanding of Kelly's transformative contribution to the film musical genre but also gives us a rounded portrait of him as a human being. We follow him from his youth in Depression-era Pittsburgh to his early years on Broadway to his career in Hollywood not only during film musical's 'golden age' but also during his work with the navy and for the first time his not inconsiderable accomplishments in television, in film, and on stage in his later years. Perhaps most important, this biography throws important new light on the Kelly-Donen working relationship by providing deeply researched evidence on the primacy of Kelly's role. Also examined is Kelly's role as an active supporter of progressive causes during the New Deal and the McCarthy era and its underlying connection to the 'common man' roles he developed with great sympathy. The authors illuminate Kelly's role as artist and innovator not only in his championship of dance as an art form but also in his role as an educator who effectively promoted the value of male dancing at a time when those who practiced the profession in the United States were stigmatized and stereotyped."" - Beth Genne, professor of dance history, University of Michigan

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Book SynopsisSuitable for students taking dance and dance education courses. This book helps teachers know what to expect from children of different ages when teaching dance. It describes the main developmental aspects of teaching dance, addressing the intellectual, physical, artistic, social and emotional aspects.Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Thinking About Dance EducationPart I. Why—Understanding Dance as Arts EducationChapter 1. Viewing Educational Dance From an Arts Education PerspectiveWhat Is an Arts Education Perspective?What Are the Defining Characteristics of Educational Dance?What Drives an Arts Education Perspective?Chapter 2. Examining How National Arts Initiatives Affect DanceNational Dance Content and Achievement StandardsThe “Nation's Report Card” in DanceOther Initiatives That Affect Dance EducationNeed for Arts AlliancesAdvocacyChapter 3. Adopting Your Roles and Responsibilities for TeachingWhy Become a Dance Specialist?Examining K-12 Teaching Roles and ResponsibilitiesPreparing to Teach Dance as Art in K-12Chapter 4. Emphasizing Aspects of Student-Centered LearningTaking a Child-Centered PerspectiveKinesthetic–Motor Development (Moving and Learning)Aesthetic–Artistic DevelopmentCognitive–Intellectual Development (Thinking, Perceiving, and Processing)Psychological–Social Development (Feeling and Interacting)Teaching the Whole ChildChapter 5. Identifying the Cornerstones of Dance as Art in EducationFour CornerstonesPivotal Role of InquiryOverview of the Dance Cornerstone Curriculum FrameworkHow the Cornerstones Lay the Foundation for AccountabilityPart II. What—Clarifying the Content of K-12 Educational Dance (The Cornerstones)Chapter 6. Dancing and Performing: Cornerstone 1Relation to National Standards and BeyondOverview of This CornerstoneArtful Use of the Dance ElementsVocabulary Systems Used in DanceDance Technique and Skill DevelopmentDance Cornerstone Curriculum (DCC) FrameworkChapter 7. Creating and Composing: Cornerstone 2Relation to National Standards and BeyondOverview of This CornerstoneCreative Process and ProductsCreative Dance for ChildrenChoreographyDance Cornerstone Curriculum (DCC) FrameworkChapter 8. Knowing History, Culture, and Context: Cornerstone 3Relation to National Standards and BeyondOverview of This CornerstoneDance Across Cultures: Cultural DiversityDance Through Time: Dance HistoryPreservation and DocumentationDance Cornerstone Curriculum (DCC) FrameworkChapter 9. Analyzing and Critiquing: Cornerstone 4Relation to National Standards and BeyondOverview of This CornerstoneAesthetic ValuingCritical Thinking and ProcessingDance CriticismDance Cornerstone Curriculum (DCC) FrameworkPart III. How—Presenting Dance as Art in EducationChapter 10. Constructing Artistic Bridges to Other DisciplinesRelation to National Standards and BeyondDance's Role Across the CurriculumDifferent Models for Integrating the Arts in EducationTeaching Other Academics Through DanceCollaborating Across the ArtsChapter 11. Creating and Maintaining an Effective Arts Learning EnvironmentCreating a Positive Arts EnvironmentManaging Arts Instruction: The Precursor to Artistic ExpressionSchedulingAbout FacilitiesSurvive and ThriveChapter 12. Investigating the Arts Savvy Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment TriadCurriculum ContentInstructionAssessmentIntegrating the TriadChapter 13. Integrating the Cornerstones to Create Units of Study in DanceRelating the CornerstonesTeaching by Integrating the CornerstonesUsing the Eight-Step Plan to Maximize Artistic ResultsVarying an Eight-Step LessonChapter 14. Creating a Unit of Study Using an Arts Education PerspectiveCreating an Integrated Unit of StudySample Unit: Examining a Work by David ParsonsBuilding Your Own Unit of Study Around a Choreographic WorkBuilding Your Own Unit of Study Around a StyleChapter 15. Reflecting on TeachingEthical Dimension of TeachingRelational TeachingSchool RenewalReflective PractitionerChapter 16. Developing an Arts-Oriented Teaching PortfolioPreparing a Perspectives NotebookPreparing Your Professional Teaching PortfolioClosing StatementAppendix A: Reference Lists of ConceptsAppendix B: Forms, Checklists, Sample Items, and ArticlesAppendix C: Professional Organizations and National InitiativesGlossaryReferencesIndexAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisCarolyn Brown, one of the most renowned dancers of the last half-century, lived at the centre of New York's vibrant artistic community, which included not only dancers and choreographers but composers and painters. Brown's memoir recounts her own remarkable twenty-year tenure with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and provides a first-hand account of a pivotal period in twentieth-century art.

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Book Synopsis"The quality of scholarship is first-rate; it is clearly and engagingly written and is full of fresh insights into a great many facets of Aristophanes' plays."-Jeffrey Henderson, Boston UniversityTrade Review"Spectator Politics is a rich and imaginatively conceived study of the self-referential nature of Aristophanic comedy which envisions, often in precise detail, the original production of eight comedies in chronological order. . . . A welcome contribution to Aristophanic scholarship: original, well-informed and well-researched and, not the least of its virtues, amusingly written." * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *"Superb. . . . A book that should greatly appeal to anyone who is interested in the process of human thought and action. The themes are as pertinent to our world as they were to that of Aristophanes' audience." * Virginia Quarterly Review *"The quality of scholarship is first-rate; it is clearly and engagingly written and is full of fresh insights into a great many facets of Aristophanes' plays." * Jeffrey Henderson, Boston University *"An excellent book, lively, thought-provoking, full of insights-a book that will stimulate discussion for many years." * Scholia Reviews *Table of ContentsPreface 1. The Naming of Parts 2. The Emergence of the Actor 3. Euripides' Rag and Bone Shop: Acharnians 4. The Politics of Performance: Knights 5. Bringing Up Father: Wasps 6. Making Peace—or Dionysus in '21 7. Performing the City: Birds 8. Cross-Dress for Success: Thesmophoriazusae 9. Glorious Mud: Frogs 10. Waiting in the Wings: Ecclesiazusae 11. Reprise—and Coming Attractions Bibliography Index Locorum Index Nominum et Rerum

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Book SynopsisPresents a professional dancer's personal journey over four decades, across three continents and 23 countries, and through defining moments in the story of black dance in America. In this memoir, Halifu Osumare reflects on what blackness and dance have meant to her life and international career.

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Book SynopsisPresents a professional dancer's personal journey over four decades, across three continents and 23 countries, and through defining moments in the story of black dance in America. In this memoir, Halifu Osumare reflects on what blackness and dance have meant to her life and international career.

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Book SynopsisIn this long-awaited memoir, dancer and choreographer John Clifford offers a highly personal look inside the day-to-day operations of the New York City Ballet and its creative mastermind, George Balanchine. Balanchine's Apprentice is the story of Clifford and the guiding inspiration for his life's work in dance.Trade Review"Even those not enraptured by ballet will find Clifford’s extraordinary career and bond with Balanchine, who died in 1983, affecting. For ballet devotees, this intimate account is required reading.”—Publishers Weekly“Though Balanchine's works and influence have been well documented, the male perspective has been somewhat lacking, and Clifford is to be commended for this sparkling read, an appreciative yet clear-eyed tribute to his mentor and a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of ballet.”—Library Journal“A close-up look by an astute and engaging observer, neither self-important nor falsely modest, at one of the supreme artists of the past century and a celebration of the astonishing work and the astonishing company he created.”—Wall Street Journal

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Book SynopsisDance and literary studies have traditionally been at odds: dancers and dance critics have understood academic analysis to be overly invested in the mind at the expense of body signification; literary critics and theorists have seen dance studies as anti-theoretical, even anti-intellectual.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction: Movement Movements Reading Dance As Text Reading Dance in Texts Dance in Theories of Writing Reading Writing About Dance Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"What a wonderful project! This book magnificently centerstages how dance in Hollywood constitutes a cultural space in which Latina stars turn their performance into the ultimate expression of/for agency and empowerment. Let the rhythm take you over! Go girls!" -- Alberto Sandoval-Sánchez * Mount Holyoke College *"A well-researched, engaging book that expands our understanding of the shaping of the Hollywood Latina, and of Latinas in the national imaginary, through analysis of dance and embodiment in these dynamics." -- Mary Beltrán * author of Latina/o Stars in U.S. Eyes: The Making and Meanings of Film and TV St *"In this fresh examination, Priscilla Peña Ovalle convincingly probes the racial dynamics and sexual politics that shape the paradoxical figure of the dancing Hollywood Latina." -- Rosa-Linda Fregoso * author of meXicana Encounters: The Making of Social Identities on the Borderland *"A good resource for those interested in dance, film, and media studies and in gender, race and sexualities studies. Recommended." * Choice *"What a wonderful project! This book magnificently centerstages how dance in Hollywood constitutes a cultural space in which Latina stars turn their performance into the ultimate expression of/for agency and empowerment. Let the rhythm take you over! Go girls!" -- Alberto Sandoval-Sánchez * Mount Holyoke College *"A well-researched, engaging book that expands our understanding of the shaping of the Hollywood Latina, and of Latinas in the national imaginary, through analysis of dance and embodiment in these dynamics." -- Mary Beltrán * author of Latina/o Stars in U.S. Eyes: The Making and Meanings of Film and TV St *"In this fresh examination, Priscilla Peña Ovalle convincingly probes the racial dynamics and sexual politics that shape the paradoxical figure of the dancing Hollywood Latina." -- Rosa-Linda Fregoso * author of meXicana Encounters: The Making of Social Identities on the Borderland *"A good resource for those interested in dance, film, and media studies and in gender, race and sexualities studies. Recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 1 Mobilizing the Latina myth 2 Dolores Del Rio dances across the imperial color line 3 Carmen Miranda shakes it for the nation 4 Rita Hayworth and the cosmetic borders of race 5 Rita Moreno, the critically acclaimed "all-round ethnic" 6 Jennifer Lopez, racial mobility, and the new urban/Latina commodity Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisTraditional agriculture and emerging biofuels technology produce a number of wastes and by-products, ranging from corn fiber and glycerin to animal manure, that have the potential to serve as the basis for additional sources of bioenergy that includes both liquid biofuels and biogas.Table of ContentsPreface. About the Editors. Contributors. 1 Biofuels from Agricultural Wastes and Byproducts: An Introduction (Hans P. Blaschek, Thaddeus C. Ezeji, and Jürgen Scheffran). 2 Production of Liquid Biofuels from Biomass: Emerging Technologies (Nasib Qureshi, Stephen Hughes, and Thaddeus C. Ezeji). 3 Butanol Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass (Thaddeus C. Ezeji and Hans P. Blaschek). 4 Practical Aspects of Methane Production from Agricultural Wastes (Largus T. Angenent and Norman R. Scott). 5 Conversion of Agricultural Residues to Bioethanol: The Roles of Cellulases and Cellulosomes (Edward A. Bayer, Raphael Lamed, Bryan A. White, Shi-You Ding, and Michael E. Himmel). 6 Fuel and Chemical Production from Glycerol, a Biodiesel Waste Product (Syed Shams Yazdani, Anu Jose Mattam, and Ramon Gonzalez). 7 Farm-Gate to Plant-Gate Delivery of Lignocellulosic Feedstocks from Plant Biomass for Biofuel Production (Klein E. Ileleji, Shahab Sokhansanj, and John S. Cundiff). 8 Conversion of Existing Dry-Mill Ethanol Operations to Biorefineries (Timothy C. Lindsey). 9 Cellulosic Ethanol from Agricultural Residues (Bin Yang, Yanpin Lu, and Charles E. Wyman). 10 Hydrothermal Liquefaction to Convert Biomass into Crude Oil (Yuanhui Zhang). 11 Detoxification of Lignocellulosic Hydrolysates (Bin Wang and Hao Feng). Index.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWhile sometimes derided as superficial by inattentive critics, the truth is that Miami Vice offered visually groundbreaking and philosophically rich crime drama that reflects the legacy of film noir and has been tremendously influential on subsequent television. No one sees that more clearly than Steven Sanders, and no one who reads Sanders's thorough and insightful discussion of this landmark series will ever look at it the same way again.""- Aeon Skoble, co-editor of The Philosophy of TV Noir (with Steven Sanders);""In this slim volume, Steven Sanders offers a penetrating and surprisingly comprehensive examination of the artistic and thematic complexities of one of network television's most popular and critically acclaimed series. Written with both the enthusiasm of the fan and the perspicacity of the scholar, this book is accessible and yet never simplistic, a fitting tribute to Miami Vice itself, which was always entertaining yet thought-provoking. Sanders is especially to be praised for his thorough and careful analysis of production history, which provides a mine of useful information. His graceful, fluent prose is a joy to read.""- R. Barton Palmer, author Hollywood’s Dark Cinema: The American Film Noir and Joel and Ethan Coen

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Book SynopsisOffers an exploration of anime, manga, and Japanese popular culture.

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Book SynopsisWinner of the 1994 de la Torre Bueno Prize - with an introduction by the author.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book counters the monolithic notions of who the ‘postmodern’ dancers are. As Lamb at the Altar identifies the contemporary work of an artist usually associated with the Judson Dance Theater of the 60s it reveals someone who has evolved, gained a new but no less creative maturity, and who now sees her work very differently than in those old days of protest and rebellion. The intertextual format is engaging, multifaceted, and modern, probably like the dance itself."—Marcia B. Siegel, author of Tail of the Dragon: New Dance, 1976–1982 "This is a remarkable and wonderful text whose publication will benefit the dance community enormously. It contributes crucial new dimensions to the process of documenting both dancing and dance-making. It breaks new ground as writing about the choreographic process, and at the same time, it reflects beautifully on the work of an exceptional artist."—Susan L. Foster, author of Reading Dancing

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Book SynopsisThe philosopher, visual artist, and dancer Erin Manning explores the concept of the "more than human" in the context of movement, perception, and experience.Trade Review"Erin Manning's book offers a philosophy of neurodiverse perception, encouraging us “not to begin with the pre-chunked.” How ironic, then, that the impulse to categorize and to pathologize is generally seen as evidence of the normate’s proper functioning. In Manning’s splendid book, autism comes to signify not a disorder but a relational “dance of attention,” one that refuses to strand any entity at the margin of our concern."—Ralph James Savarese, coeditor of Autism and the Concept of Neurodiversity, a special issue of Disability Studies Quarterly"In Always More Than One, Erin Manning produces a truly original choreographic thinking. I don't just mean that she writes about choreography. She thinks how the body moves, and moves her writing in step with that thinking. She performs an expanded choreography, developed in dialogue with dance, putting dance in dialogue with other practices. A must for dancers who think - and philosophers who wish they could dance."—William Forsythe, Choreographer and Artistic Director of The Forsythe Company"In this book, Erin Manning takes us on an amazing journey. It is a journey of philosophical thought, to be sure; but it is also a journey of bodies in motion, through landscapes that are enlivened and transformed by their passage. Always More Than One is a book about the vitality of the in-between. It presents a vision of life adding to life, whether in the simplest everyday encounters, or in the densely articulated webs of works of art."—Steven Shaviro, author of Post Cinematic Affect"Through inventive language and a deep engagement with continental philosophy, her authoritative text pushes thought to the limits of expressibility, and presents to the reader a world that shimmers with potential." -- Megan Bridge * Dance Chronicle *Table of ContentsPrelude / Brian Massumi ix Acknowledgments xxv 1. Toward a Leaky Sense of Self 1 Interlude. When Movement Dances 13 2. Always More Than One 16 Interlude. Dancing the Virtual 30 3. Waltzing the Limit 41 4. Propositions for the Verge 74 Interlude. What Else? 91 5. Choreography as Mobile Architecture 99 Interlude. Fiery, Luminous, Scary 124 6. The Dance of Attention 133 7. An Ethics of Language in the Making 149 Interlude. Love the Anonymous Elements 172 8. The Shape of Enthusiasm 184 Coda. Another Regard 204 Notes 223 Bibliography 257 Index 267

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Book SynopsisLouise Meintjes traces the history and the political and aesthetic significance of ngoma, a competitive form of dance and music that emerged out of the legacies of colonialism and apartheid in South Africa, showing how it embodies Zulu masculinity and the expanse of South Africa's violent history.Trade Review"Studies of African performance remain far too few; this one sets a very high bar. Essential." -- A. F. Roberts * Choice *"Crackling with energy and erudition, Dust of the Zulu now vivifies ngoma for the academy." -- Benedict Carton * Journal of Modern African Studies *"Louis Meintjes's Dust of the Zulu leaps out at the reader with the same energy and passion as the Ngoma dancers themselves. It is uncanny how deftly Meintjes captures the vibrancy and rhythm of the performers and performances in her writing, and T.J. Lemon’s photos are the perfect complement to the descriptions of harmonized bodies and voices." -- Aran Mackinnon * African Studies Quarterly *"Meintjes’s fluid ethnographic writing melds analytical precision with a depth of cultural insight gained through long immersion. The book’s dialectical force is sustained by the richness and intimacy of Meintjes’s collaborations. Zulu voices saturate the book’s textures. . . . The prose itself is beautifully wrought. . . . Replete with revelations that are by turns tremendously moving, frightening, disconcerting, and inspiring." -- Thomas M. Pooley * Anthropos *"We travel with Meintjes as she recounts individual narratives of Zulu men maintaining dignity amidst wavering stability in wage-labor, health, and the inconsistent machinations of the international music industry. The humanity, fragility, and mutual constitution of strength through aesthetics is expertly handled in this new classic in the genre of performative ethnography." -- Elizabeth Perrill * International Journal of African Historical Studies *"Louise Meintjes’s book provides a captivating introduction to the vibrant and dramatic spirit of this Southern African art form. . . . Dust of the Zulu contributes to the ever-growing literature on indigenous African theatre and performance; its strength is the author’s captivating descriptions of the dance and the drama of the competitions." -- Osita Okagbue * Theatre Research International *"Dust of the Zulu is a significant contribution to the scholarship of South African music and Zulu ngoma more specifically. The book will be very useful for students and scholars in the fields of ethnomusicology, anthropology, cultural studies, and African studies. It demonstrates the author’s deep and wide knowledge of Zulu ngoma and her mastery of the art of ethnography writing and is strongly recommended for anyone interested in learning this art. Indeed, whereas Meintjes praises Clegg for successfully translating ngoma into terms that are intelligible within the global popular-music circles, she and the photographer T. J. Lemon should be praised for magnificently translating ngoma in terms that are legible within music and cultural scholarly circles." -- Imani Sanga * Notes *"Visceral and immediate. . . . [Meintjes] makes us hear an alternative to mainstream ethnography by leaving it unspoken. She’s dancing in the scholar’s world." -- Barbara Titus * Ethnomusicology *Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction. The Politics of Participation in Ngoma Song and Dance 1 1. Turning to Be Kissed: Praise, Flirtation, and the Work of Men 28 2. The Unwavering Voice: Affect, Eloquence, and the Moral Anger of Men 62 3. Feet of the Centipede: Military Aesthetics and the Politics of Reconciliation 94 4. To Quell the Dancer's Dust: Singing Violence during South Africa's Transition 124 5. The Crossing: World Music and Ngoma at Home 151 6. Dancing Around Disease: Silence, Ambiguity, and Brotherhood 182 7. The Digital Homestead: Having a Voice and the Sound of Marginalization 210 8. Brokering the Body: Culture, Heritage, and the Pleasure of Participation 240 Closing. Ngoma's Masculinity, South Africa's Struggle 266 Notes 273 References 307 Index 329

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Book SynopsisDance Improvisations is a book for teachers of dance and acting, choreographers, directors, and dance therapists. Methodical, yet inventive, this book offers highly structured techniques for developing dancers' ability to work together.

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Book SynopsisIn her remarkable book, Sondra Horton Fraleigh examines and describes dance through her consciousness of dance as an art, through the experience of dancing, and through the existential and phenomenological literature on the lived body.Trade Review“Sondra Fraleigh presents us with an in-depth description of modern dance as it relates to existential phenomenology, the dancer, choreographer, and the perceptive audience.” —Dance Teacher Now

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Book SynopsisFeatures a study of gender, globalization, and expressive culture in the Cook Islands. This book demonstrates how dance in particular plays a key role in articulating the overlapping local, regional, and transnational agendas of Cook Islanders. It also covers conventional views of globalization's impact on indigenous communities.

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Book SynopsisIn her landmark study Utopia in Performance: Finding Hope at the Theatre, Jill Dolan departed from historical writings on utopia, which suggest that social reorganization and the redistribution of wealth are utopian efforts, to argue instead that utopia occurs in fragmentary utopian moments, often found embedded within performance. While Dolan focused on the utopian performative within a theatrical context, this volume, edited by Rachel Bowditch and Pegge Vissicaro, expands her theories to encompass performance in public life from diasporic hip-hop battles, Chilean military parades, commemorative processions, Blackfoot powwows, and post-Katrina Mardi Gras to the Philadelphia Mummers Parade, Festas Juninas in Brazil, the Renaissance Fairs in Arizona, and neoburlesque competitions. How do these performances rehearse and enact visions of a utopic world? What can the lens of utopia and dystopia illuminate about the potential of performing bodies to transform communities, identities, values

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Book SynopsisFew figures in cinema history are as towering as Russian filmmaker and theorist Sergei Mikhailovitch Eisenstein (1898-1948). Not only did Eisenstein direct some of the most important and lasting works of the silent era, including Strike, October, and Battleship Potemkin, as well as, in the sound era, the historical epics Alexander Nevsky and Ivan the Terrible he also was a theorist whose insights into the workings of film were so powerful that they remain influential for both filmmakers and scholars today. Seagull Books is embarking on a series of translations of key works by Eisenstein into English. On the Detective Story presents Eisenstein's elaborate study, in four essays and fragments, of the use of dialectical thinking in the creation of art and literature. Drawing on major works from Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Balzac, Gogol, Mayakovsky, Dostoevsky, and more, and ranging from folk tales to contemporary detective stories, it shows the keenly analytic quality of Eisenstein's mind when it turned to questions of creative work.

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Book SynopsisA fascinating account of Irish dance in Chicago, one of the global centres for Irish dance practice. From the first appearance of step dancers at Chicago's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition to the emergence of world renowned Chicago performers and choreog

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Book SynopsisVideo Art Theory: A Comparative Approach demonstrates how video art functions on the basis of a comparative media approach, providing a crucial understanding of video as a medium in contemporary art and of the visual mediations we encounter in daily life.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1 Immediacy versus Memory: Video Art in Relation to Television, Performance Art, and Home Video 20 Gillian Wearing's Trauma (2000) Juxtaposed to Joan Jonas's Vertical Roll (1972) 23 Video Art Dealing with the Constant Movements of Audio-Visual Electronic Media, and the Immediacy and Socio-Cultural Aspects of Television 25 The Appeal of Immediacy: Video in Performance Art and Performance in Video Art 45 The Application of the Mnemonic Ability of Video and the Relationship with Activist-Videos and Home Video 60 2 Immateriality versus Three-Dimensionality: Video Art as Sculpture, Installation Art, Projection, and Virtual Medium 79 Lynn Hershman's Tillie the Telerobotic Doll (1995) Juxtaposed to Andy Warhol's Outer and Inner Space(1965) 82 Television as an Object: Sculpture or Part of Architecture 85 Spatial Video Installations and the Relationship with the Space of the Visitor 91 Projections on Spatial Positioned Screens, the Space of Sound, and Interaction with the Visitor 96 Immaterial Projections Interfering in Darkened Sites and Immersing the Viewer 104 Interacting in the Merged Physical and Digital Space 109 3 Moving Images Mediating as Contemplative Images: Video's Challenge of Photography, Drawing, and Painting 121 Kudzanai Chiurai's Iyeza (2012) Juxtaposed to Thierry Kuntzel's E´te´ – double vue (1988) 125 Video Art and Photography 130 Video Art and Drawing 140 Video Art and Painting 147 4 Repetition and Fragmentation in Narrative: Video's Appropriation and Subversion of Classical Cinema 164Candice Breitz's Mother + Father (2005) Juxtaposed to Rodney Graham's Vexation Island (1997) and Keren Cytter's Corrections (2013) 166 Aspects of Narrative in Video Art Reacting to Hollywood Films, and Views on Compulsive Repetition 169 The Tension between Images and Verbal Language as Dialog, Voice-over, Voice-off, or Text 180 In Lieu of a Conclusion 193 Index 199

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Book SynopsisPresented in a single volume, this engaging review reflects on the scholarship and the historical development of American broadcasting A Companion to the History of American Broadcasting comprehensively evaluates the vibrant history of American radio and television and reveals broadcasting's influence on American history in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. With contributions from leading scholars on the topic, this wide-ranging anthology explores the impact of broadcasting on American culture, politics, and society from an historical perspective as well as the effect on our economic and social structures. The text's original and accessibly-written essays offer explorations on a wealth of topics including the production of broadcast media, the evolution of various television and radio genres, the development of the broadcast ratings system, the rise of Spanish language broadcasting in the United States, broadcast activism, African Americans and broadcasting, 1950's television, and much more. This essential resource: Presents a scholarly overview of the history of radio and television broadcasting and its influence on contemporary American historyContains original essays from leading academics in the fieldExamines the role of radio in the television eraDiscusses the evolution of regulations in radio and televisionOffers insight into the cultural influence of radio and televisionAnalyzes canonical texts that helped shape the field Written for students and scholars of media studies and twentieth-century history, A Companion to the History of American Broadcasting is an essential and field-defining guide to the history and historiography of American broadcasting and its many cultural, societal, and political impacts.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Introduction 1Aniko Bodroghkozy Part I American Broadcasting in Historical Overview 25 1 Before the Broadcast Era: 1900–1910s 27Susan J. Douglas 2 The Broadcast Radio Era: 1920s–1940s 47Michele Hilmes 3 Television Before the Classic Network Era: 1930s–1950s 71Michael Kackman 4 The Classic Network Era in Television: 1950s–1970s 93Victoria E. Johnson 5 The Multi‐Channel Transition Period: 1980s–1990s 111Bambi Haggins and Julia Himberg 6 Radio in the Television Era: 1950s–2000s 135Alexander Russo 7 The Post‐Network Era: 2000s–Present 153Amanda D. Lotz Part II American Broadcasting in Historical Focus 169 Industry/Production 8 A History of Broadcast Regulations: Principles and Perspectives 171Jennifer Holt 9 Reviving the Technical in Television History 193Susan Murray 10 Public Broadcasting 211Josh Shepperd 11 Latino Broadcasting in the United States 237Hector Amaya 12 Radio, Television, and the Military 257Stacy Takacs Part II American Broadcasting in Historical Focus 279 Programming/Genre 13 Radio Sitcoms: History and Preservation 281Laura LaPlaca 14 The Rise and Fall of the Soap Opera 301Elana Levine 15 Television Music 321Norma Coates Part II American Broadcasting in Historical Focus 347 Audiences/Reception 16 A History of the Commodity Audience 349Eileen R. Meehan 17 Broadcast Activism 371Allison Perlman 18 African Americans and Broadcasting 389Robin R. Means Coleman 19 A History of Fandom in Broadcasting 413Allison McCracken Part III Doing American Broadcasting History: Reflections on Key Texts 443 20 Erik Barnouw’s Trilogy on the History of US Broadcasting 445Gary R. Edgerton 21 Susan J. Douglas’ Inventing American Broadcasting 455Shawn VanCour 22 Lynn Spigel’s Make Room for TV 465Aniko Bodroghkozy 23 William Boddy’s Fifties Television 475Mark J. Williams Index 485

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Book SynopsisCrossing Central Europe is a pioneering volume that focuses on the complex networks of transcultural interrelations in Central Europe from 1900 to 2000.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Crossings and Encounters Helga Mitterbauer and Carrie Smith-Prei Part One: 1900 1. Beyond Aesthetic Boarders: Theory-Media-Case Study Helga Mitterbauer 2. The Aesthetics of Change: Women Writers of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy Agatha Schwartz and Helga Thorson 3. Border, Trans-Border, and Unification-Music and Its Divergent Roles in the Nineteenth-Century Habsburg Territories Gregor Kokorz 4. History without End(s): The Aesthetics and Politics of the Reading Play Imre Szeman 5. Kitchen Stories: Literary and Architectural Reflections on Modern Kitchens in Central Europe Sarah McGaughey Part Two: 2000 6. Spaces of Unhomeliness: Re-Reading Post-Imperial Urban Heterotopias in East Central Europe Irene Sywenky 7. Interdependences: Migration, (Trans-)Cultural Codes and the Writing of Central Europe in Texts by Doron Rabinovici, Julya Rabinowich, and Vladimir Vertlib Sandra Vlasta 8. Cultures of Memory, Migration, and Masculinity: Dimitre Dinev's Engelszungen Michael Boehringer 9. Remixing Central European Culture: The Case of Laibach Stefan Simonek 10. Bottled Messages for Europe's Future?: The Danube in Contemporary Transnational Cinema Matthew D. Miller 11. Beyond Central Europe: Confluence and the Cosmopolitical Public Intellectual Carrie Smith-Prei

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Book SynopsisThis text prepares students to navigate their dance programs and prepare for a various careers. It orients students to dance as an academic discipline, broadens their understanding of dance, establishes solid approaches to studying dance, and connects dance on campus to their previous training.Table of ContentsPart I: Your Dance Education JourneyChapter 1: Introduction to Your Dance Studies Learning Outcomes Assessing Your Current Dance Understanding Studying Dance on Campus Future Applications Connecting Your Past, Present, and Future Dance Experiences Summary Learning Aids Chapter 2: Getting to Know Your Campus Learning Outcomes Types of Campuses Types of Degrees Resources at Your Fingertips Get Involved Filling the Dance Studio Summary Learning Aids Chapter 3: Dance as an Academic Discipline Learning Outcomes Depth and Breadth of your Campus Dance Education Roles of Writing, Technology, and Research Personalizing Your Study of Dance as an Academic Discipline Summary Learning Aids Chapter 4: Success Strategies Learning Outcomes Student Responsibilities and Contributions Differences Between High School and College Learning Managing Your Life Personal Strategies for Success Summary Learning Aids Part II: Dance as a DisciplineChapter 5: Dance and Artistry Learning Outcomes Dance Genres Artistic Roles and Careers in Dance Performance Opportunities Current Trends in Dance and the Arts Taking the Stage Summary Learning Aids Chapter 6: Dance and Culture Learning Outcomes Linking Dance and Culture Cultural Categories of Dance Valuing Diversity Examining Relationships Between Dance and Culture Careers in Dance and Culture Contemporary Trends Your Exploration of Dance and Culture Summary Learning Aids Chapter 7: Dance and Education Learning Outcomes Educational Nature of Dance Learning Theories and Dance Learning Careers in Dance Education Dance Education Sectors Contemporary Trends Your Growth in Dance Education Summary Learning Aids Chapter 8: Dance as a Multifaceted Discipline Learning Outcomes Dance and Other Arts Dance and Community Arts Practices Dance and Ability Dance and Bodies Dance and Writing Embracing Dance as a Multifaceted Discipline Summary Learning Aids Chapter 9: Dance and Reflection Learning Outcomes Reflective Practices Purpose of Reflection in Dance Developing a Personal Reflective Practice Summary Learning Aids Part III: Dance on CampusChapter 10: Technique and Movement Courses Learning Outcomes Types of Technique and Movement Courses Approaches to Technique and Movement Courses Feedback in Technique and Movement Courses Technique and Movement Courses Off Campus Your Approach to Technique and Movement Courses Summary Learning Aids Chapter 11: Creative, Compositional, and Performance Courses Learning Outcomes Types of Creative, Compositional, and Performance Courses Approaches to Creative, Compositional, and Performance Courses Feedback in Creative, Compositional, and Performance Courses Additional Creative, Compositional, and Performance Opportunities Your Approach to Creative, Compositional, and Performance Courses Summary Learning Aids Chapter 12: Contextual Courses Learning Outcomes Types of Contextual Courses Approaches to Contextual Courses Feedback in Contextual Courses Additional Opportunities to Expand Your Contextual Knowledge Your Approach to Contextual Courses Summary Learning Aids Chapter 13: Personalizing Your Campus Dance Education Learning Outcomes Opportunities for Individualized Instruction Collaborating With Your Peers Acquiring Practical Skills and Tools Building Your Bridge Summary Learning Aids Part IV: Your Dance FutureChapter 14: Sustaining Your Engagement With Dance Learning Outcomes Meeting the Demands of a Career in Dance Preparing for Your Postgraduation Life Drafting a Plan and Creating Habits Summary Learning Aids Chapter 15: Glimpsing Your Future in Dance Learning Outcomes Your Dance Journey Mapping Your Dance Future Summary Learning Aids

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Book SynopsisAligns culture and politics by focusing on an art form that became a darling of the Cuban revolution: dance. In this history of staged performance in ballet, modern dance, and folkloric dance, Elizabeth Schwall analyzes how and why dance artists interacted with republican and, later, revolutionary politics.

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Book SynopsisAligns culture and politics by focusing on an art form that became a darling of the Cuban revolution: dance. In this history of staged performance in ballet, modern dance, and folkloric dance, Elizabeth Schwall analyzes how and why dance artists interacted with republican and, later, revolutionary politics.

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Book Synopsis2023 de la Torre Bueno® First Book Award, Dance Studies AssociationThe impact of folkloric dance and performance on Mexican cultural politics and national identity. The years between 1910 and 1940 were formative for Mexico, with the ouster of Porfirio Díaz, the subsequent revolution, and the creation of the new state. Amid the upheaval, Mexican dance emerged as a key arena of contestation regarding what it meant to be Mexican. Through an analysis of written, photographic, choreographic, and cinematographic renderings of a festive Mexico, Choreographing Mexico examines how bodies in motion both performed and critiqued the nation. Manuel Cuellar details the integration of Indigenous and regional dance styles into centennial celebrations, civic festivals, and popular films. Much of the time, this was a top-down affair, with cultural elites seeking to legitimate a hegemonic national character by incorporating traces of indigeneity. YTrade ReviewChoreographing Mexico is a long-overdue critical study of Mexican traditional and regional dance known today as folklórico…[a] fascinating and well-researched volume...Cuellar proves that Mexican regional dance is a social embodiment that at times reproduces nationalistic tropes and at others critiques them. Choreographing Mexico is a rich exploration of how bodies in motion create and recreate the idea of a nation...Choreographing Mexico offers a welcome and new interdisciplinary look at folklórico dance as essential to Mexican cultural formations. The volume will be important for Mexicanists and scholars of dance and performance. Accessible to multiple audiences, Choreographing Mexico is for anyone interested in Mexican culture and anything Mexican. * Journal of Latin American Studies *Cuellar’s project advocates for an attention to dance and embodiment as a meaning-making practice and informs our understanding of how Mexican nationalism was choreographed onto the body. A wealth of archival images interspersed throughout the book compliments Cuellar’s analysis. Heavy on theory, Choreographing Mexico would appeal to dance graduate students and scholars of Mexican history, nationalism . . . Cuellar’s incorporation of his own experience as a teacher and dancer grounds the work’s significance in the present and adds important and overarching insight to the ways dance forms community and contributes to individual and collective identity formation. * thINKing DANCE *Ultimately, the book offers a rich cultural analysis of dance in connection with the national construction of Mexico, which also makes it possible to apply its ideas to other periods and cultural realities.En definitiva, el libro ofrece un análisis cultural de la danza de gran riqueza en conexión con la construcción nacional de México, posibilitando también aplicar sus ideas a otras épocas y realidades culturales. * Hispania *Choreographing Mexico is a vital resource for scholars researching Mexican performance forms and cultural history . . . Queering dominant narratives and reading representations of the popular against the grain, he disrupts conventional approaches to understanding a national past. Cuellar demonstrates how embodied expression can be a site of knowledge, a resource for historical research, and a practice of world-making. * Pacific Historical Review *Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction. Choreographing a Festive Nation: Performance, Dance, and Embodied Histories in Mexico Chapter 1. Rehearsals of a Cosmopolitan Modernity: The Porfirian Centennial Celebrations of Mexican Independence in 1910 Chapter 2. La Noche Mexicana and the Staging of a Festive Mexico Chapter 3. Nellie Campobello: The Choreographer of Dancing Histories in Mexico Chapter 4. Cinematic Renditions of a Dancing Mexico: Folklórico Dance in Mexican Film Epilogue. Queering Mexico’s Archive: Ephemerality, Movement, and Kinesthetic Imaginings Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFor six years Maya Stovall staged Liquor Store Theatre, a conceptual art and anthropology video project---included in the Whitney Biennial in 2017---in which she danced near the liquor stores in her Detroit neighborhood as a way to start conversations with her neighbors. In this book of the same name, Stovall uses the project as a point of departure for understanding everyday life in Detroit and the possibilities for ethnographic research, art, and knowledge creation. Her conversations with her neighbors—which touch on everything from economics, aesthetics, and sex to the political and economic racism that undergirds Detroit''s history—bring to light rarely acknowledged experiences of longtime Detroiters. In these exchanges, Stovall enacts an innovative form of ethnographic engagement that offers new modes of integrating the social sciences with the arts in ways that exceed what either approach can achieve alone.Trade Review“For [Maya] Stovall, how we know is the operative question. Through such a simple act, dancing on the sidewalk before these business establishments, she sparks so much one-on-one engagement that has led to long-term dialogues. It is through her performances that she is able to bring into relief what affects the lives of her community: the economic, racial, historic, political, social forces that shape the area's inhabitants and the built environment that surrounds them.” -- Christopher Y. Lew, from the foreword“Maya Stovall's wildly ambitious, experimental, poetic, and multimodal ethnographic engagement reimagines what the ethnographic encounter entails and demands while asking us to reconsider the very nature of scholarly research in urban America.” -- John L. Jackson Jr., Walter H. Annenberg Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania“An important contribution to the conversation on performance ethnography and the ethics of representing racialized bodies in urban space, Liquor Store Theatre is a singular type of immersion across ethnography, historiography, geography, and art.” -- Aimee Meredith Cox, author of * Shapeshifters: Black Girls and the Choreography of Citizenship *"The interest many will find here is the unexpectedness and complexity of the lives she reveals. Residents share memories and discuss neighborhood changes, talk about their experiences with family and work, housing, shopping, education, transportation, and their understanding of the forces that have shaped their lives. These are individuals, not subjects, and Stovall offers the particularities that good storytelling requires. Once we are able to see them as individuals, the residents of McDougall-Hunt are hard to ignore." -- Andrea Kirsh * Artblog *"Stovall is an anthropologist by training, and this becomes abundantly clear in the first few pages of Liquor Store Theatre, which is meticulously researched and scintillatingly told. . . . The publication of Liquor Store Theatre therefore becomes a space to unpack the true depth of the project, as well as a site for exploring Stovall’s larger research methodology." -- Alice Bucknell * Pin-Up Magazine *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Foreword / Christopher Y. Lew xiii Prologue 1 Introduction 25 1. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 1, No. 1 (2014) 47 2. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 1, No. 2 (2014) 58 3. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 1, No. 3 (2014) 70 4. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 2, No. 1 (2015) 76 5. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 2, No. 2 (2015) 87 6. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 2, No. 3 (2015) 99 7. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 3, No. 3 (2016) 107 8. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 3, No. 4 (2016) 120 9. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 3, No. 5 (2016) 133 10. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 3, No. 6 (2016) 156 11. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 3, No. 7 (2016) 165 12. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 4, No. 1 (2017) 178 13. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 4, No. 2 (2017) 187 14. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 4, No. 3 (2017) 202 15. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 4, No. 4 (2017) 211 16. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 4, No. 5 (2017) 217 17. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 4, No. 6 (2017) 224 18. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 4, No. 7 (2017) 233 19. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 5, No. 1 (2018) 247 Acknowledgments 263 Notes 265 Bibliography 287 Index 299

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Book SynopsisFor six years Maya Stovall staged Liquor Store Theatre, a conceptual art and anthropology video project---included in the Whitney Biennial in 2017---in which she danced near the liquor stores in her Detroit neighborhood as a way to start conversations with her neighbors. In this book of the same name, Stovall uses the project as a point of departure for understanding everyday life in Detroit and the possibilities for ethnographic research, art, and knowledge creation. Her conversations with her neighbors—which touch on everything from economics, aesthetics, and sex to the political and economic racism that undergirds Detroit''s history—bring to light rarely acknowledged experiences of longtime Detroiters. In these exchanges, Stovall enacts an innovative form of ethnographic engagement that offers new modes of integrating the social sciences with the arts in ways that exceed what either approach can achieve alone.Trade Review“For [Maya] Stovall, how we know is the operative question. Through such a simple act, dancing on the sidewalk before these business establishments, she sparks so much one-on-one engagement that has led to long-term dialogues. It is through her performances that she is able to bring into relief what affects the lives of her community: the economic, racial, historic, political, social forces that shape the area's inhabitants and the built environment that surrounds them.” -- Christopher Y. Lew, from the foreword“Maya Stovall's wildly ambitious, experimental, poetic, and multimodal ethnographic engagement reimagines what the ethnographic encounter entails and demands while asking us to reconsider the very nature of scholarly research in urban America.” -- John L. Jackson Jr., Walter H. Annenberg Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania“An important contribution to the conversation on performance ethnography and the ethics of representing racialized bodies in urban space, Liquor Store Theatre is a singular type of immersion across ethnography, historiography, geography, and art.” -- Aimee Meredith Cox, author of * Shapeshifters: Black Girls and the Choreography of Citizenship *"The interest many will find here is the unexpectedness and complexity of the lives she reveals. Residents share memories and discuss neighborhood changes, talk about their experiences with family and work, housing, shopping, education, transportation, and their understanding of the forces that have shaped their lives. These are individuals, not subjects, and Stovall offers the particularities that good storytelling requires. Once we are able to see them as individuals, the residents of McDougall-Hunt are hard to ignore." -- Andrea Kirsh * Artblog *"Stovall is an anthropologist by training, and this becomes abundantly clear in the first few pages of Liquor Store Theatre, which is meticulously researched and scintillatingly told. . . . The publication of Liquor Store Theatre therefore becomes a space to unpack the true depth of the project, as well as a site for exploring Stovall’s larger research methodology." -- Alice Bucknell * Pin-Up Magazine *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Foreword / Christopher Y. Lew xiii Prologue 1 Introduction 25 1. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 1, No. 1 (2014) 47 2. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 1, No. 2 (2014) 58 3. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 1, No. 3 (2014) 70 4. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 2, No. 1 (2015) 76 5. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 2, No. 2 (2015) 87 6. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 2, No. 3 (2015) 99 7. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 3, No. 3 (2016) 107 8. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 3, No. 4 (2016) 120 9. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 3, No. 5 (2016) 133 10. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 3, No. 6 (2016) 156 11. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 3, No. 7 (2016) 165 12. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 4, No. 1 (2017) 178 13. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 4, No. 2 (2017) 187 14. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 4, No. 3 (2017) 202 15. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 4, No. 4 (2017) 211 16. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 4, No. 5 (2017) 217 17. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 4, No. 6 (2017) 224 18. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 4, No. 7 (2017) 233 19. Liquor Store Theatre, Vol. 5, No. 1 (2018) 247 Acknowledgments 263 Notes 265 Bibliography 287 Index 299

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Book Synopsis Dancers who want to get the most out of their experience in dancewhether in college, high school, a dance studio, or a dance companycan now take charge of their wellness. Dancer Wellness will help them learn and apply important wellness concepts as presented through the in-depth research conducted by the International Association for Dance Medicine & Science (IADMS) and their experts from around the world. Four Primary Areas Dancer Wellness covers four primary topics: 1. Foundations of dancer wellness, which explores the dancer's physical environment, the science behind training, and conditioning 2. Mental components of dancer wellness, which investigates the psychological aspects that influence a dancer's trainingimagery, somatic practices, and the ways that rest, fatigue, and burnout affect learning, technique, and injury risk and recovery 3. Physical aspects of dancer wellness, which examines dancer nutrition and wellness, including the challenges in maintaining good nutrition, addressing body composition issues, bone health, injury prevention, and first aid 4. Assessments for dancer wellness, which offers guidance in goal setting, screenings, assessing abilities, and designing a personal wellness plan Each chapter offers learning objectives at the beginning and review questions at the end to help readers recall what they have learned. Sidebars within each chapter focus on self-awareness, empowerment, goal setting, and diversity in dance. Dancer Wellness meets the needs of dancers in any setting, says Virginia Wilmerding, one of the book's editors from IADMS. Our authors are leaders in the field, and they thoroughly investigate their areas of specialization. Through that investigation we have provided theoretical concepts and practical information and applications that dancers can use to enhance their health and wellness as part of their dance practice. This text offers foundational information to create a comprehensive view of dancer wellness. Wellness defines the state of being healthy in both mind and body through conscious and intentional choices and efforts, says coeditor Donna Krasnow. Anyone interested in the health and wellness of dancers can benefit from this book, regardless of previous training or level of expertise. This book covers each aspect of dancer wellness, whether environmental, physical, or psychological. Table of ContentsPart I Foundations of Dancer Wellness Chapter 1. The Dance Environment Chapter 2. Dance Training and Technique Chapter 3. Cross-Training and Conditioning Part II Mental Components of Dancer Wellness Chapter 4. Mental Training Chapter 5. Psychological Wellness Chapter 6. Rest and Recovery Part III Physical Components of Dancer Wellness Chapter 7. Optimal Nutrition for Dancers Chapter 8. Bone Health Chapter 9. Injury Prevention and First Aid Part IV Assessments for Dancer Wellness Chapter 10. Dancer Screening Programs Chapter 11. Your Dancer Wellness Plan

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Book SynopsisInterdisciplinary Arts helps students explore their capacities for creativity and cross-disciplinary thinking by drawing from the fields of theatre, dance, and visual arts. They will learn how to transfer the skills they gain from the book to any endeavor or career they undertake.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction to Interdisciplinary ArtsInterdisciplinary MovementBartenieff: Six Developmental StagesAlexander TechniqueYogaConclusionChapter 2. TheatreGetting Started: Connecting to the TextPreparing a SceneBody: The Actor’s InstrumentStage AwarenessProps and CostumesCollaborative TeamChapter 3. Dance and MovementLaban: Still FormsCentering the Body: 12 Principles of Bartenieff FundamentalsPreparing for the WorkThe Creative ImpulseIntent: Moving With PurposeLaban’s Effort FactorsMise en scèneCollaborative TeamChapter 4. Visual ArtsVisual ArtsInspirationFormColorValue and ContrastRhythmShapeLineTextureSpaceChapter 5. Dance and TheatreIntegrating Dance and Theatre: Poem Performance Using Laban’s EffortsOverview of the ProcessThe Process in DetailAssimilation of Feedback, Development, and RehearsalConclusionChapter 6. Visual Arts and DanceIntegrating Visual Arts With Dance: Wearable or Scenic ArtOverview of the ProcessOverview of the Concepts Used in the ProjectConclusionChapter 7. Theatre and Visual ArtsIntegrating Theatre and Visual Arts: In/Out MasksOverview of the ProcessOverview of the Concepts Used in the ProjectArts-Based ResearchDevelopment: Creating Your In/Out MaskDeveloping the MonologueChapter 8. All Three Art FormsMaking Art Using the Human IntelligencesMultiple Intelligences Synthesis AssignmentChapter 9. Make Art, but Also, Go See Art!Theatre CriticismVisual Art CriticismDance and Movement CriticismConclusion: Interdisciplinary Arts as a Way of Life

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Book SynopsisIn a gathering of griot traditions fusing storytelling, cultural history, social, and literary criticism, Gale P. Jackson re-members and represents how women of the African diaspora have drawn on ancient traditions to record memory, history, and experience in song, dance, and poetics in performance.Trade Review"Both relatable and scholarly, this is a fascinating and original study."—T. L. Stowell, Choice“The particular significance of this rich scholarship is the way it foregrounds and uplifts music, movement, dance, and cultural practice in the long, complex, and astonishing story of struggle, resilience, imagination, survival, and innovation among African diasporic people. The movement detailed and the role of story, percussion, and sound offer histories/herstories of people continuously facing unspeakable brutalities and invasions of the body and soul, who will always continue to live their ancestries, their cultures, and the maps of their souls in folklore and in the physical world. This is rich, essential work.”—Kathy Engel, poet and associate arts professor, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University“It is not only the breadth and range of the scholars referenced in this book that has me awestruck but the amount of material covered that is impressive. It yields a fresh perspective on familiar material and a creative perspective in linking genres together in time periods and places never before charted. This is a brilliant and original work.”—Kariamu Welsh, director of the Institute for African Dance Research and PerformanceTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Past and Prologue as Prelude: Eurydice’s Black Flight 1. The Way We Do: An Introductory Mapping 2. Juba Danced: Following a Story in Motion 3. The Ancestors and the Lullaby: Passing It On 4. Put Your Hands on Your Hips: Rites of Passage in Performance 5. Rosy, Possum, Morning Star: Work Songs and the Blues Coda: Circling Back Around Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWomen are performing an ever-growing role in Caribbean Carnival. Through a feminist perspective, this volume examines the presence of women in contemporary Carnival by demonstrating not only their strength in numbers, but also the ways in which women participate in the event.

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Book SynopsisContributions by Darrell Gerohn Baksh, Jan de Cosmo, Frances Henry, Jeff Henry, Adanna Kai Jones, Samantha Noel, Dwaine Plaza, Philip W. Scher, and Asha St. BernardWomen are performing an ever-growing role in Caribbean Carnival. Through a feminist perspective, this volume examines the presence of women in contemporary Carnival by demonstrating not only their strength in numbers, but also the ways in which women participate in the event.While decried by traditionalists, the bikinis, beads, and feathers of 'pretty mas' convey both a newly found empowerment as a gendered resistance to oppression from men. Although research on Carnivals is substantial, especially in the Americas, the subject of women in Carnival as a topic of inquiry remains fairly new.These essays address anthropological and historical facets of women and their practices in the Trinidad Carnival, including an analysis of how women's costuming and performance have changed over time. The modern c

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Book SynopsisAn exquisitely photographed volume of interviews with contemporary zydeco musicians. Featuring the voices of zydeco’s venerable senior generation and its current agents of change, this book celebrates a musical world full of passion, energy, cowboy hats and boots, banging bass, horse trailers, joy, and dazzling dance moves.

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