How to make dances in an epidemic : tracking choreography in the age of AIDS /
David Gere, who came of age as a dance critic at the height of the AIDS epidemic, offers the first book to examine in depth the interplay of AIDS and choreography in the United States, specifically in relation to gay men. The time he writes about is one of extremes. A life-threatening medical syndro...
| Основен автор: | Gere, David. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Madison, Wis. :
University of Wisconsin Press,
℗♭2004.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=202648 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
How to make dances in an epidemic. |
| Резюме: |
David Gere, who came of age as a dance critic at the height of the AIDS epidemic, offers the first book to examine in depth the interplay of AIDS and choreography in the United States, specifically in relation to gay men. The time he writes about is one of extremes. A life-threatening medical syndrome is spreading, its transmission linked to sex. Blame is settling on gay men. What is possible in such a highly charged moment, when art and politics coincide? Gere expands the definition of choreography to analyze not only theatrical dances but also the protests conceived by ACT-UP and the NAMES Project AIDS quilt. These exist on a continuum in which dance, protest, and wrenching emotional expression have become essentially indistinguishable. Gere offers a portrait of gay male choreographers struggling to cope with AIDS and its meanings.--Publisher description. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xiv, 341 pages) : illustrations |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-332) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0299200833 9780299200831 |