Encountering Disability and Citizenship through Contemporary Dance in Africa
This book offers a compelling intersectional exploration of how disability is understood in relation to citizenship and global critical disability studies across diverse African cultures. It delves into the transformative power of integrated dance as a medium to challenge and reshape dominant social...
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| description | This book offers a compelling intersectional exploration of how disability is understood in relation to citizenship and global critical disability studies across diverse African cultures. It delves into the transformative power of integrated dance as a medium to challenge and reshape dominant social attitudes toward disability. Through detailed case studies of Dance into Space (Kenya), FLATFOOT and FLATFOOT Downie Dance Companies, Unmute Dance Company (South Africa) and Ugandan choreographer Joseph Tebandeke, the authors examine how contemporary dance can foster inclusive citizenship. Drawing on Foucauldian theory, the book highlights how ‘small moments’ in everyday life may be explored through dance in ways that shift paradigms and redefine ability and belonging. It also analyses the role of networks and festivals in expanding integrated dance that impacts public perception of disability both within Africa and globally. This book will resonate with students and scholars in theatre studies, disability studies, African studies and critical Black studies, as well as anyone interested in performance as a tool for social change. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1730442026-03-01T06:24:22Z Encountering Disability and Citizenship through Contemporary Dance in Africa Hutchison, Yvette Loots, Lliane Dance Disability culture African diaspora thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATD Theatre studies thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AK Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATQ Dance thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFM Disability: social aspects thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATX Other performing arts thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATQ Dance::ATQZ Folk dancing thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies::JBSL1 Ethnic groups and multicultural studies This book offers a compelling intersectional exploration of how disability is understood in relation to citizenship and global critical disability studies across diverse African cultures. It delves into the transformative power of integrated dance as a medium to challenge and reshape dominant social attitudes toward disability. Through detailed case studies of Dance into Space (Kenya), FLATFOOT and FLATFOOT Downie Dance Companies, Unmute Dance Company (South Africa) and Ugandan choreographer Joseph Tebandeke, the authors examine how contemporary dance can foster inclusive citizenship. Drawing on Foucauldian theory, the book highlights how ‘small moments’ in everyday life may be explored through dance in ways that shift paradigms and redefine ability and belonging. It also analyses the role of networks and festivals in expanding integrated dance that impacts public perception of disability both within Africa and globally. This book will resonate with students and scholars in theatre studies, disability studies, African studies and critical Black studies, as well as anyone interested in performance as a tool for social change. 2026-03-01T06:24:16Z 2026-03-01T06:24:16Z 2026-02-28T20:21:27Z 2026 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/110307 9781040517093 9781040632420 9781003506126 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/173044 eng Routledge Series in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Theatre and Performance open access Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003506126 10.4324/9781003506126 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781040517093 9781040632420 9781003506126 Routledge 292 Oxford open access |
| spellingShingle | Dance Disability culture African diaspora thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATD Theatre studies thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AK Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATQ Dance thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFM Disability: social aspects thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATX Other performing arts thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATQ Dance::ATQZ Folk dancing thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies::JBSL1 Ethnic groups and multicultural studies Hutchison, Yvette Loots, Lliane Encountering Disability and Citizenship through Contemporary Dance in Africa |
| title | Encountering Disability and Citizenship through Contemporary Dance in Africa |
| title_full | Encountering Disability and Citizenship through Contemporary Dance in Africa |
| title_fullStr | Encountering Disability and Citizenship through Contemporary Dance in Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Encountering Disability and Citizenship through Contemporary Dance in Africa |
| title_short | Encountering Disability and Citizenship through Contemporary Dance in Africa |
| title_sort | encountering disability and citizenship through contemporary dance in africa |
| topic | Dance Disability culture African diaspora thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATD Theatre studies thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AK Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATQ Dance thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFM Disability: social aspects thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATX Other performing arts thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATQ Dance::ATQZ Folk dancing thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies::JBSL1 Ethnic groups and multicultural studies |
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