<span>Gendering Bodies / Performing Art</span><span> is the first book that attempts a conceptual integration of dance and literary history in British culture. It attempts to make visible the role of dance in creating, reinforcing, and challenging developments in aesthetic practice and ideology in w
Corporeality in Early Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature: Body Articulations
β Scribed by Bruce Dean Willis (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 240
- Series
- New Directions in Latino American Cultures
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction....Pages 1-15
Body, Language, and the Limits of Ontology....Pages 17-79
Language Immersion: Return to the Original Tongue....Pages 81-127
The Body Politic: Immediate Breakdown, Renewal Deferred....Pages 129-164
Conclusion....Pages 165-181
Back Matter....Pages 183-234
β¦ Subjects
Latin American Culture; Twentieth-Century Literature; Postcolonial/World Literature; North American Literature; Romance Languages; African Languages
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