Body Impossible:
Desmond Richardson and the Politics of Virtuosity Osterweis, Ariel |
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ISBN 13: 9780190645816 ISBN 10: 0190645814 Category: Social Science: Homosexuality Gay Studies Edition: 1 Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication Date: 05/2024 Format: Cloth Status: Not Yet Published Imprint: Oxford University Press Affiliation: California Institute of the Arts Audience: Professional and scholarly Dimensions: 0.1 x 0.1 x 0.1 in Pages: 240 Weight: 2 Retail Price: 125.00 (Tentative Price May Change) Quantity On Hand: 0 Quantity On Order: 0 |
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Synopsis: Body Impossible theorizes the concept of virtuosity in contemporary dance and performance through a study of the career of dancer Desmond Richardson. Focusing on Richardson's creative insistence on improvisatory fun and excellence throughout the decades approaching the millennium (shaped by Reaganism, the Culture Wars, the AIDS epidemic, the New Jim Crow, and MTV), this book brings dance into conversation with paradigms of blackness, queerness, masculinity, and class in order to generate a socio-culturally attentive understanding of virtuosity. |
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