Gestural Imaginaries: Dance and Cultural Theory in the Early Twentieth Century

by Lucia Ruprecht and Ruprecht

Gestural Imaginaries: Dance and Cultural Theory in the Early Twentieth Century offers a new interpretation of European modernist dance by addressing it as guiding medium in a vibrant field of gestural culture that ranged across art and philosophy. Taking further Cornelius Castoriadis's concept of the social imaginary, it explores this imaginary's embodied forms. Close readings of dances, photographs, and literary texts are juxtaposed with discussions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190659386
• ISBN13: 9780190659387
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"