Akram Khan [electronic resource] : Dancing New Interculturalism /
Mitra, Royona.author.
Through seven key case studies from Khan's oeuvre, this book demonstrates how Akram Khan's 'new interculturalism' is a challenge to the 1980s western 'intercultural theatre' project, as a more nuanced and embodied approach to representing Othernesses, from his own position of the Other.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Through seven key case studies from Khan's oeuvre, this book demonstrates how Akram Khan's 'new interculturalism' is a challenge to the 1980s western 'intercultural theatre' project, as a more nuanced and embodied approach to representing Othernesses, from his own position of the Other.
Machine generated contents note: -- ContentsPrefaceList of ImagesAcknowledgementsIntroduction1.Khan's Body-Of-Action2.Corporeal Gestures in Gnosis (2010)3.Auto-ethnography and Loose in Flight (1999)4.'Third Space' Politics in Zero Degrees (2005) and Desh (2011)5.Mobility and Flexibility in Bahok (2008)6.Queering Normativity in iTMOi (2013)ConclusionNotesReferencesAppendix: List of Performances.
Khan, Akram, 1974-
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