Buch
Brazilian Bodies and Their Choreographies of Identification
-Swing Nation-Cristina F. Rosa
Übersicht
Verlag | : | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
Buchreihe | : | New World Choreographies |
Sprache | : | Englisch |
Erschienen | : | 26. 08. 2015 |
Seiten | : | 281 |
Einband | : | Gebunden |
Höhe | : | 216 mm |
Breite | : | 140 mm |
Gewicht | : | 495 g |
ISBN | : | 9781137462268 |
Sprache | : | Englisch |
Autorinformation
Cristina F. Rosa is a native of Brazil who migrated to the US in 1996. She is currently a full-time faculty lecturer in dance at Tufts University. Her research interests include the intersection of embodiment, knowledge production, and processes of identification. She has been published in TDR and e-misférica. She previously taught in the US at Reed College, the University of California, Riverside, the Florida State University, and the California Institute of the Arts. She has also served as a research fellow at Freie Universität Berlin's International Research Center 'Interweaving Performance Cultures' (Germany, 2012-13). She earned her PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: Choreographing IdeasPART I: UNDERSTANDING GINGA1. Decoding Ginga Aesthetic2. Historicizing GingaPART II: ANALYSING GINGA3. Understanding the Presence of Ginga in Samba Circles4. Investigating the Articulation of Ginga in Capoeira Angola5. What is it about the Baiana?PART III: STAGING GINGA6. Brazilian Bodies and the National in Dance7. What is it about Grupo Corpo?Conclusion: The Pride and Shame of being a Swing Nation