Improvisation and Social Aesthetics

by Eric Lewis

Book Overview

Addressing a wide range of improvised art and music forms-from jazz and cinema to dance and literature-this volume's contributors locate improvisation as a key site of mediation between the social and the aesthetic. As a catalyst for social experiment and political practice, improvisation aids in the creation, contestation, and codification of social realities and identities. Among other topics, the contributors discuss the social aesthetics of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822361949
• ISBN13: 9780822361947
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.7"