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Contemporary PerforMemory: Dancing through Spacetime, Historical Trauma, and Diaspora in the 21st Century (Critical Dance Studies) - Softcover

Layla Zami

 
9783837655254: Contemporary PerforMemory: Dancing through Spacetime, Historical Trauma, and Diaspora in the 21st Century (Critical Dance Studies)

Synopsis

Carefully thought out and clearly written and presented, Contemporary PerforMemory makes a significant contribution to several fields: memory studies, dance studies, postcolonial studies, diaspora studies, affect studies, as well as scholarly reflections on the archive, on embodiment, the emotions and movement, all from an informed, critical feminist perspective. Zami makes surprising connections that reveal important resonances between shared histories of remembrance."" (Prof. Marianne Hirsch, Columbia University) ""Zami is committed to a rigorous methodology in order to think through and theorize contemporary dance in diaspora. Her book is intercultural and cross-cultural and demonstrates an understanding of race and gender from the perspective of someone who can think globally. This, combined with a discerning critical eye for reading unique contemporary performance, has yielded a remarkable body of research."" (Prof. Nadine George-Graves, Chair of Dance, Ohio State University)

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About the Author

Layla Zami (Dr. phil., Dipl.-Pol.) ist wiss. Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Theaterwissenschaft der Freien Universität Berlin (SFB1512 Intervenierende Künste). Sie war Visiting Assistant Professor und dann Adj. Associate Professor of Humanities and Media Studies am Pratt Institute in New York, und lehrt bei Pratt Berlin. Als interdisziplinäre Künstlerin (Musik, Sounds, Spoken Words, Theater) tourte sie international mit Oxana Chi Dance & Art. Sie promovierte an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (ZtG), wo sie den Fakultätspreis für gute Lehre (1. Platz) erhielt. Sie ist Redaktionsvorstandsmitglied bei *Conversations Across the Field of Dance Studies*.

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