{"product_id":"what-a-body-can-do-9781138854109","title":"What a Body Can Do","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWhat a Body Can Do\u003c\/i\u003e, Ben Spatz develops, for the first time, a rigorous theory of embodied technique as knowledge. He argues that viewing technique as both training and research has much to offer current debates over the role of practice in the university, including the debates around practice as research. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on critical perspectives from the sociology of knowledge, phenomenology, dance studies, enactive cognition, and other areas, Spatz argues that technique is a major area of historical and ongoing research in physical culture, performing arts, and everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ben Spatz’ examination of concepts of technique and practice in embodied knowledge is a richly rewarding read, both for its rigorous discussion and clarification of ideas which can often be confused and confusing, and for its thought-provoking analysis of a range of examples.\" --\u003cstrong\u003eSusie Crow, Oxford Dance Writers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword ix\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJOSEPH ROACH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: What Can a Body Do? 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA body can … 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive stories 5\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom performance to practice 9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmbodiment and sustainability 11\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMethodology and chapters 14\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 An epistemology of practice 23\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich epistemology? 23\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA selective genealogy of technique 26\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe structure of practice 38\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBranches and pathways 44\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinguistic peninsulas 48\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSedimented agency 50\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe trope of excess 56\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResearch in embodied technique 60\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe problem of the substrate 64\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 The invention of postural yoga 73\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoga and physical culture 73\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA royal success 75\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe yoga wars 80\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHealthism and “performance” 83\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo studios in the East Village 86\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gendering of yoga 92\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween athletics and somatics 95\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA therapeutic turn 100\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is physical education? 104\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Actors without a theatre 113\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCraft and presence 113\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond “actor training” 117\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStanislavski’s threshold 122\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe method of physical actions 129\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrotowski’s legacy 132\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSongs and other epistemic objects 136\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA research culture in acting 147\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterdisciplinarities 153\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaboratories 163\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Gender as technique 171\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow to slice a cheese 171\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResearch in everyday life 175\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe problem of sexual difference 179\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFracturing the feminine 186\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMasculinities 191\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIdentity and inertia 197\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCurrent research in gender 203\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew paradigms 209\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Embodied research in the university 217\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlue skies? 217\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe epistemic impulse 221\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Practice as Research” 225\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe archive and epistemic distance 234\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResearch design and methodology 242\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fourth division 247\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography 253\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex 275\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019533943127,"sku":"9781138854109","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138854109.jpg?v=1750780552","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/what-a-body-can-do-9781138854109","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}