Embodied Performativity in Southeast Asia: Multidisciplinary Corporealities

This collection showcases cutting-edge research from music, dance, performance art, fashion, and visual arts, written by scholar-practitioners working in Southeast Asia. It explores multi-disciplinarily performativity through the body, drawing together conversations centering on innovation through embodied knowledge relating to space, time, and place. The authors are leaders in their field and recognized internationally, and their chapters represent new directions in thought and practice by game-changers in the arts. The book is bold and innovative in its scope and range, bringing diverse disciplines together to create new ways of critically exploring corporeality, extending beyond physicality and traditional body-centered areas of performing arts practice.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 130 pages
Publication date: 29 April 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This captivating monograph delves into the realm of multi-disciplinary performativity, focusing on the profound significance of the body in artistic expression. By examining the body as the focal point of creative endeavors, it brings together a diverse range of conversations that explore innovative practices rooted in embodied knowledge concerning space, time, and place. The authors featured in this collection are esteemed experts in their respective fields, with international recognition. Their chapters serve as groundbreaking contributions to the arts, pushing the boundaries of thought and practice. With a central theme of corporeality as its guiding principle, this monograph is both bold and innovative in its scope and reach. It seamlessly brings together diverse disciplines, fostering connections that unlock new avenues for critically examining corporeality, transcending the confines of physicality and traditional body-centered approaches in performing arts practice.

This insightful and thought-provoking text is an invaluable resource for students, scholars, and practitioners across the tertiary arts sector, as well as education, therapy, cultural studies, and interdisciplinary arts. It offers valuable insights and perspectives that will enhance understanding and appreciation of the multifaceted nature of performativity and the profound impact of the body in artistic endeavors.

Weight: 240g
Dimension: 216 x 138 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367567552