Dance and Politics: Moving Beyond Boundaries

by Dana Mills

Book Overview

Dance has always been a method of self- expression for human beings. This book examines the political power of dance and especially on its transgressive potential. Focusing on readings of dance pioneers Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham, Gumboots dancers in the gold mines of South Africa, the One Billion Rising movement using dance to protest against gendered violence, dabke in Palestine and dance as protest against human rights abuse in Israel,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526105152
• ISBN13: 9781526105158
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.5"