Bodies in Commotion: Disability and Performance

by Philip Auslander and Carrie Sandahl

Book Overview

A testament to the synergy of two evolving fields. From the study of staged performances to examinations of the performing body in everyday life, this book demonstrates the enormous profitability of moving beyond disability as metaphor. . . . It's a lesson that many of our cultural institutions desperately need to learn.
-Martin F. Norden, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

This groundbreaking collection imagines disabled bodies as bodies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472068911
• ISBN13: 9780472068913
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.9"