Dance as Third Space

Interreligious, Intercultural, and Interdisciplinary Debates on Dance and Religion(s)
Herausgegeben:Walz, Heike; Pezzoli-Olgiati, Daria; Heimbrock, Hans-Günter; Wyller, Trygve; Sander, Hans-Joachim; Knauß, Stefanie; Danani, Carla; Gruber, Judith; Wiberg Pedersen, Else Marie;Mitarbeit:Walz

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Dance plays an important role in many religious traditions, in rites of passage, processions, healing rituals or festivals. But it is also controversial, especially in Christianity. Colonial European Christian discourses tend to separate dance from religion(s) and spirituality. This volume explores dance as "Third Space", following Homi Bhabha's postcolonial metaphor. The "Inter-Dance approach" combines interdisciplinary theoretical considerations with case studies. International experts examine dance controversies and discourses from the early church to World Christianity, as well as in Hasidic Judaism, Greek mysteries, Islamic Sufism, West African Togolese religions, and Afro-Brazilian Umbanda. Christian dance theologies are unfolded and the boundary-crossing potential of dance in interreligious and intercultural encounters is explored. The volume breaks new ground in how dance as ephemeral performative art, embodied thought and gendered discourse can transform studies of religion.

Produktdetails

• Research in Contemporary Religion Band 032
• Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: VUR0006385
• 1. Edition
• Seitenzahl: 420
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 164mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 822g
• ISBN-13: 9783525568545
• ISBN-10: 3525568541
• Artikelnr.: 61368895

Autorenporträt

Dr. Shahzad Bashir is Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies and History at the Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

Dr. Amélé Adamavi-Aho Ekué is Professor of Ecumenical Ethics and Academic Dean of Globethics.net in Geneva, Switzerland.