Performative body spaces : corporeal topographies in literature, theatre, dance, and the visual arts / / edited by Markus Hallensleben.

• Author: Body Spaces, Corporeal Topographies in Literature, Theatre, Dance, and the Visual Arts
• TeilnehmendeR: Hallensleben, Markus.; Body Spaces, Corporeal Topographies in Literature, Theatre, Dance, and the Visual Arts (2008 : Vancouver)
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Critical Studies 33.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Notes: Papers from the international and interdisciplinary workshop Body Spaces: Corporeal Topographies in Literature, Theatre, Dance, and the Visual Arts, at the University of British Colombia, Vancouver, Canada, on March 14-16, 2008.

The human body as cultural object always has and is a performing subject, which binds the political with the theatrical, shows the construction of ethnicity and technology, unveils private and public spaces, transgresses race and gender, and finally becomes a medium that overcomes the borders of art...