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Kinesthetic city : dance and movement in Chinese urban spaces /

'Kinesthetic City' uses choreography as subject and method to explore how movement through particular spaces at precise moments can illuminate the communities in those places and times. It examines the simultaneous persistence and mobility of the idea of Chineseness as it travels across a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kwan, SanSan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Dance > China.
Movement, Aesthetics of.
Dance > Social aspects > China.
Public spaces > China.
Urbanization > China.
China > Social life and customs.
Danse > Chine.
Esthétique du mouvement.
Danse > Aspect social > Chine.
Espaces publics > Chine.
Urbanisation > Chine.
Chine > Mœurs et coutumes.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
Dance
Dance > Social aspects
Manners and customs
Movement, Aesthetics of
Public spaces
Urbanization
China
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:'Kinesthetic City' uses choreography as subject and method to explore how movement through particular spaces at precise moments can illuminate the communities in those places and times. It examines the simultaneous persistence and mobility of the idea of Chineseness as it travels across a transnational network of Chinese cities.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxv, 175 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199921522
0199921520
019998039X
9780199980390