Publisher | Oxford University Press |
ISBN 13 | 9780190871543 |
ISBN 10 | 0190871547 |
Author | Professor of Dance Janet O'Shea |
Book Format | Paperback |
Language | English |
Book Description | Risk, Failure, Play takes readers through the politics of everyday life as experienced through fight sport training. It intertwines personal experience and scholarly research, producing powerful reflections on pleasure, mastery, vulnerabilit |
About the Author | Janet O'Shea is Professor of World Arts and Cultures/Dance at UCLA. Author of At Home in the World: Bharata Natyam on the Global Stage and the co-editor of the Routledge Dance Studies Reader, 2nd edition, her research focuses on corporeality, interdisciplinary exchange, and the politics of everyday life. She is a practitioner of Filipino martial arts, jeet kune do, Brazilian jiu jitsu, kickboxing, and empowerment self-defense. |
Publication Date | 2018-11-01 |
Number of Pages | 248 pages |
Risk, Failure, Play: What Dance Reveals about Martial Arts Training