Hewitt, Andrew
Social Choreography: Ideology as Performance in Dance and Everyday Movement (Post-Contemporary Interventions)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780822335146
- author:
- Hewitt, Andrew
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Duke University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2005
- Pages:
- 254
- Dimensions:
- 22.96 x 15.54 x 1.6 centimetres
- Genre:
- Aesthetics
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Social choreography: how ideology shapes movement and everyday life. This book explores the connection between dance, aesthetics, and social organization, arguing that ideology is not just an abstract concept but something embodied and practiced. Andrew Hewitt examines how thinkers such as Friedrich Schiller, Theodor Adorno, and Siegfried Kracauer understood the relationship between movement and human freedom, revealing a shift from play to labor as the condition of human potential. Through case studies of dancers like Isadora Duncan and the Tiller Girls, Hewitt shows how ideology influences our understanding of aesthetics and social order. By analyzing these thinkers' ideas about movement and embodiment, he provides a nuanced exposition of Marxist debates about the role of ideology in shaping modern society.
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