Unit:
Department of Theatre Studies
Title:
The Body as a Means of Cultural Awareness and Social Intervention: The Case of Raymond Duncan and Penelope Sikelianos
Languages of Item:
English
Abstract:
Using the example of the Raymond Duncan family this article will explore the human body as an object of self-determination, a means of overcoming social boundaries, a field of racist shooting and phobic enforcement, a reference point of public outrage and the complex between sociality and corporality, but also as a tool of political vigilance and social intervention. Does a body dressed in a tunic resist the western way of life? Or is it a stereotypical outpouring of people unable to modernize? Is the body instrumentalized as a means of narrating exoticism? The bodies of the Duncan family members are an occasion for discussion in the public sphere, even today.
Authors:
Katerina (Ekaterini) Diakoumopoulou
Publisher:
Louisiana State University
Volume:
1 How bodies matter
Keywords:
Θεατρολογία, Νεοελληνικό θέατρο, Θέατρο της Διασποράς, Η.Π.Α.
Main subject category:
Fine arts - Entertainment
Official URL (Publisher):
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6767564
