Contemporary African Dance Theatre : Phenomenology, Whiteness, and the Gaze
2020 ed.
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
New World Choreographies
ISBN-10
3030415007
ISBN-13
9783030415006
Edition
2020 ed.
Publisher
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 31st, 2020
Print length
174 Pages
Weight
346 grams
Dimensions
15.70 x 22.00 x 1.60 cms
Product Classification:
Theatre: individual actors & directorsDanceCultural studies
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Rather than a discussion of African dance per se, the author challenges hegemonic perceptions of contemporary African dance theatre to interrogate the extent to which white supremacy and privilege weave through capitalist necropolitics and determine our perception of contemporary African dance theatre today.
This book is the first to consider contemporary African dance theatre aesthetics in the context of phenomenology, whiteness, and the gaze. Rather than a discussion of African dance per se, the author challenges hegemonic perceptions of contemporary African dance theatre to interrogate the extent to which white supremacy and privilege weave through capitalist necropolitics and determine our perception of contemporary African dance theatre today. Multiple aesthetic strategies are discussed throughout the book to account for the affective experience of ''un-suturing'' that touches white spectatorship and colonial guilt at their core. The critical analysis covers a broad range of dance choreography by artists from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Canada, Europe, and the US as they travel, create, and show their works internationally to global audiences to contest racial divides and white supremacist politics.
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