{"product_id":"dancing-transnational-feminisms-ananya-dance-theatre-and-the-art-of-social-justice-paperback","title":"Dancing Transnational Feminisms: Ananya Dance Theatre and the Art of Social Justice - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnanya Chatterjea\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eHui Niu Wilcox\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAlessandra Lebea Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough empowered movement that centers the lives, stories, and dreams of marginalized women, Ananya Dance Theatre has revealed how the practice of and commitment to artistic excellence can catalyze social justice. With each performance, this professional dance company of Black, Brown, and Indigenous gender non-conforming women and femmes of color challenges heteronormative patriarchies, white supremacist paradigms, and predatory global capitalism. Their creative artistic processes and vital interventions have transformed the spaces of contemporary concert dance into sites of empowerment, resistance, and knowledge production.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from more than fifteen years of collaborative dance-making and sustained dialogues based on deep alliances across communities of color, \u003ci\u003eDancing Transnational Feminisms \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a multigenre exploration of how dance can be intersectionally reimagined as practice, methodology, and metaphor for feminist solidarity. Blending essays with stories, interviews, and poems, this collection explores timely questions surrounding race and performance, gender and sexuality, art and politics, global and local inequities, and the responsibilities of artists toward their communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnanya Chatterjea is professor of dance at the University of Minnesota. Hui Niu Wilcox is professor of sociology, critical studies of race and ethnicity, and women's studies at St. Catherine University. Alessandra Lebea Williams is assistant professor of dance at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 306\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.9 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 21, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42160772644999,"sku":"9780295749556","price":48.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/30cf6d5f9398ca62148a135027d471dd.webp?v=1733276049","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/dancing-transnational-feminisms-ananya-dance-theatre-and-the-art-of-social-justice-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}