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Akram Khan : dancing new interculturalism / Royona Mitra, Brunel University, UK.

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Mitra, Royona, 1978-
Published
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Copyright Date
©2015
Physical Description
1 online resource (xviii, 197 pages) : color illustrations
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Contents
1. Khan's Body-Of-Action -- 2. Corporeal Gestures in Gnosis (2010) -- 3. Auto-ethnography and Loose in Flight (1999) -- 4. 'Third Space' Politics in Zero Degrees (2005) and Desh (2011) -- 5. Mobility and Flexibility in Bahok (2008) -- 6. Queering Normativity in iTMOi (2013).
Summary
"Akram Khan: Dancing New Interculturalism analyses the relationship between this seminal British-Asian choreographer's complex identity-positions and his art through the lens of 'new interculturalism'. Through seven key case studies from Khan's oeuvre, this book demonstrates how Khan's philosophy and aesthetic of 'new interculturalism' is a challenge to the 1980s predominantly western 'intercultural theatre' project, as a more nuanced and embodied approach to representing Othernesses, from his own position of the Other. Additionally, the book challenges popular perception of Khan's art as contemporary South Asian dance by suggesting that, instead, Khan uses South Asian dramaturgical principles to transform the western contemporary dance landscape in intercultural ways. Offering the first full-length investigation of Akram Khan's work, this book is essential reading for students, researchers, practitioners and fans of Khan's work"--
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9781137393661 (electronic bk.)
1137393661 (electronic bk.)
9781349483631 (paperback)
134948363X (paperback)
9781137393654 (hbk.)
1137393653 (hbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references.
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