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Differentiating Phenomenology and Dance

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This paper critically reviews phenomenological philosophy of the body in light of postmodern and postcolonial critiques of universalism. It aims to recast the notion of the lived body in plural rather than singular terms. It does so within the context of phenomenology and dance, using cultural anthropology to highlight the sense in which bodies are culturally and corporeally specific. The notion of corporeal specificity is applied to the perception of dance, paying particular attention to questions of power and hegemony. This is not to reject phenomenology, but to differentiate it according to its social, historical and kinaesthetic milieux.

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Rothfield, P. Differentiating Phenomenology and Dance. Topoi 24, 43–53 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-004-4160-z

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