Understanding Disability Studies and Performance Studies

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

Av Bruce Henderson, Noam Ostrander, USA) Henderson, Bruce (Ithaca College, USA) Ostrander, Noam (De Paul University

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This collection brings together scholarship and creative writing that brings together two of the most innovative fields to emerge from critical and cultural studies in the past few decades: Disability studies and performance studies. It draws on writings about such media as live performance art, photography, silent film, dance, personal narrative and theatre, using such diverse perspectives and methods as queer theory, gender, feminist, and masculinity studies, dance studies, as well as providing first publication of creative writings by award-winning poets and playwrights.This book was based on a special issue of Text and Performance Quarterly.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2010-02-26
Mått174 x 246 x undefined mm
Vikt660 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor272
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780415565530

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