The Sentient Archive: Bodies, Performance, and Memory - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 081957774X ISBN 13: 9780819577740

Publisher: Wesleyan University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Top scholars and artists theorize the body as a crucible of knowledge

The Sentient Archive gathers the work of scholars and practitioners in dance, performance, science, and the visual arts. Its twenty-eight rich and challenging essays cross boundaries within and between disciplines, and illustrate how the body serves as a repository for knowledge. Contributors include Nancy Goldner, Marcia B. Siegel, Jenn Joy, Alain Platel, Catherine J. Stevens, Meg Stuart, André Lepecki, Ralph Lemon, and other notable scholars and artists.

Hardcover is un-jacketed.

About this title

About the Author

BILL BISSELL is the director of Performance at The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. LINDA CARUSO HAVILAND is an associate professor at Bryn Mawr College and the founder and director of the dance program.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 081957774X
• ISBN 13: 9780819577740
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 360
• Editor: Bissell Bill, Haviland Linda Caruso