Ah! Mathias, you're on the bodywork-focusing list too...I've only just
made the connection,,,doh!
Franc
On 31/10/2007, Mathias Dekeyser <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> It may not be of direct relevance to your project, but I bet you will like
> Francesca Castaldi's book. It's about performance, embodied african (and
> western) culture, and embodied research, and it has a chapter about
> femininity.
>
>
> Francesca Castaldi. Choreographies of African Identities: Négritude, Dance,
> and the National Ballet of
> Francesca Castaldi. Choreographies of African Identities: Négritude, Dance,
> and the National Ballet of
> Senegal. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2006Francesca
> Castaldi. Choreographies of African Identities: Négritude, Dance, and the
> National Ballet of Senegal. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois
> Press, 2006.
> Senegal. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2006
> Francesca Castaldi. Choreographies of African Identities: Négritude, Dance,
> and the National Ballet of
> Senegal. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2006
> Francesca Castaldi. Choreographies of African Identities: Négritude, Dance,
> and the National Ballet of
> Senegal. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2006
> Francesca Castaldi. Choreographies of African Identities: Négritude, Dance,
> and the National Ballet of
> Senegal. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2006
>
>
> 2007/10/30, Joe Brewer <[log in to unmask]>:
> > Hi Sarah,
> >
> > It sounds like you are doing some pretty cool work. I'd recommend that
> you read some of Mark Johnson's work. In particular, check out Moral
> Imagination: Implications of Cognitive Science for Ethics and his new book
> The Meaning of the Body: Aesthetics of Human Understanding. Mark is an
> embodiment philosopher at U. Oregon and a wonderful person.
> >
> > Best of luck,
> >
> > Joe
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 10/30/07, Sarah Boak <[log in to unmask] > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear All,
> > >
> > > I'm currently beginning a literature search on embodiment theory for my
> PhD and have realised just how much material is out there! I would very much
> appreciate some help identifying the key thinkers in embodiment that might
> intersect with my work.
> > >
> > > My PhD is entitled 'The embodied feminine: Situated feminist performance
> practices in popular music 1990 – 2010' and focuses on four case studies of
> female musicians (PJ Harvey, Ani DiFranco, Regina Spektor and Tori Amos),
> analysing how they use embodiment techniques in their music and how they
> perform the body, to create feminist performance spaces and interpretative
> possibilities.
> > >
> > > The sorts of theoretical areas I have previously engaged with (and will
> continue to do so for my PhD) are largely feminist in orientation - Judith
> Butler is a key thinker for my work (do people see her as an embodiment
> theorist?), standpoint theory and discussions around essentialism are again
> key areas for me.
> > >
> > > Any help at all would be gratefully received!!
> > >
> > > Many thanks
> > > Sarah
> > >
> > > Sarah Boak
> > > University of Surrey
> > > Department of Music and Sound Recording
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Research Fellow
> > Rockridge Institute
> > 2105 Martin Luther King Jr Way
> > Berkeley, CA 94704
> > (510) 204-0646 ext. 229
>
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