Dance, Human Rights, and Social Justice: Dignity in Motion

Dance, Human Rights, and Social Justice: Dignity in Motion

Dance, Human Rights, and Social Justice: Dignity in Motion presents a wide-ranging compilation of essays, spanning more than 15 countries. Organized in four parts, the articles examine the regulation and exploitation of dancers and dance activity by government and authoritative groups, including abusive treatment of dancers within the dance profession; choreography involving human rights as a central theme; the engagement of dance as a means of healing victims of human rights abuses; and national and local social/political movements in which dance plays a powerful role in helping people fight oppression.

These groundbreaking papersâ€•both detailed scholarship and riveting personal accountsâ€•encompass a broad spectrum of issues, from slavery and the Holocaust to the Bosnian and Rwandan genocides to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; from First Amendment cases and the AIDS epidemic to discrimination resulting from age, gender, race, and disability. A range of academics, choreographers, dancers, and dance/movement therapists draw connections between refugee camp, courtroom, theater, rehearsal studio, and university classroom.
Country USA
Brand Scarecrow Press
Manufacturer Scarecrow Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Refer to Sapnet.
ReleaseDate 2008-11-06
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780810861497

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