Under construction : performing critical identity / Marie-Anne Kohl (Ed.)
"Artists play a major role in the potential reflection and transformation of perceptions and conceptions of the world - musicians, dancers, choreographers, spoken word artists, performance artists, actors, also fine art, installation, media artists or photographers alike. 'Performing criti...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[2021]
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| Series: | State of the arts--reflecting contemporary cultural expression.
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| Summary: | "Artists play a major role in the potential reflection and transformation of perceptions and conceptions of the world - musicians, dancers, choreographers, spoken word artists, performance artists, actors, also fine art, installation, media artists or photographers alike. 'Performing critical identity' points to performative practices of artists that bring to the fore a critical (self- )awareness and (self- )positioning concerning identification and belonging. Social identities such as gender, sexuality, race, class, dis/ability, age or non/religiosity are closely linked to the historical, social, regional and political dimensions of their formation. From this perspective, identities are hardly one-dimensional but complex and intersectional, and are rather to be thought of as a process of identification and belonging than as a consistent essence ... This edition puts a specific focus on the performativity of the aesthetic practices, and wants to explore different artistic approaches, strategies, tactics and perspectives of artists when they address identity issues, when they target power relations and structures of oppression and inequality, when they empower concepts of diversity ..."--Publisher's description, viewed July 19, 2021 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 212 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 3038975001 9783038975007 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource, viewed July 19, 2021. |