| Variant title |
Choreographies of twenty-first century wars |
| Series |
Oxford studies in dance theory
Oxford studies in dance theory. ^A1257414
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| Contents |
Contemporary choreographies of wars / Gay Morris and Jens Richard Giersdorf -- Access denied and sumud : making a dance of asymmetric warfare / Nicholas Rowe -- Questioning the truth : Rachid Ouramdane's investigation of torture in Des témoins ordinaires/Ordinary witnesses / Alessandra Nicifero -- "There's a soldier in all of us" : choreographing virtual recruitment / Derek A. Burrill -- African refugees asunder in South Africa : performing the fallout of violence in Every day, every year, I am walking / Sarah Davies Cordova -- From temple to battlefield : Bharata natyam in the Sri Lankan Civil War / Janet O'Shea -- Choreographing masculinity in contemporary Israeli culture / Yehuda Sharim -- Affective temporalities : dance, media, and the War on Terror / Harmony Bench -- Specter of war, spectacle of peace : the lowering of flag ceremony at Wagah and Hussainiwala borders / Neelima Jeychandran -- A choreographer's statement / Bill T. Jones -- Dancing in the spring : dance, hegemony and change / Rosemary Martin -- War and P.E.A.C.E / Maaike Bleeker & Janez Jana -- The body is the frontline / Rosie Kay and Dee Reynolds -- Geo-choreography and necropolitics : Faustin Linyekula's Studios Kabako, Democratic Republic of Congo / Ariel Osterweis -- Re-moving bodies in the USA/Mexico drug/border/terror/cold wars / Ruth Hellier-Tinoco -- After Cranach : war, representation and the body in William Forsythe's Three atmospheric studies / Gerald Siegmund -- The role of choreography in civil society under siege : William Forsythe's Three atmospheric studies / Mark Franko. |
| Abstract |
Wars in this century are radically different from the major conflicts of the 20th century--more amorphous, asymmetrical, globally connected, and unending. Choreographies of 21st Century Wars is the first book to analyze the interface between choreography and wars in this century, a pertinent inquiry since choreography has long been linked to war and military training. The book draws on recent political theory that posits shifts in the kinds of wars occurring since the First and Second World Wars and the Cold War, all of which were wars between major world powers. Given the dominance of today's more indeterminate, asymmetrical, less decisive wars, we ask if choreography, as an organizing structure and knowledge system, might not also need revision in order to reflect on, and intercede in, a globalized world of continuous warfare. In an introduction and sixteen chapters, authors from a number of disciplines investigate how choreography and war in this century impinge on each other. Choreographers write of how they have related to contemporary war in specific works, while other contributors investigate the interconnections between war and choreography through theatrical works, dances, military rituals and drills, the choreography of video war games and television shows. Issues investigated include torture and terror, the status of war refugees, concerns surrounding fighting and peacekeeping soldiers, national identity tied to military training, and more. The anthology is of interest to scholars in dance, performance, theater, and cultural studies, as well as the social sciences. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2015014751 |
| ISBN | 9780190201661 (hardcover ; acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 0190201665 (hardcover ; acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 9780190201678 (paperback ; acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 0190201673 (paperback ; acid-free paper) |
