Pedagogy and the Politics of the Body: A Critical Praxis

by Sherry Shapiro

Overview

Working within the relatively new perspective on the body as a zone of critical praxis, Shapiro lays the foundation for the theory and practice of a somatically oriented critical pedagogy."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135580599
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/05/2005
Series:	Critical Education Practice
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	200
File size:	774 KB

About the Author

Sherry B. Shapiro

Table of Contents

Part 1 Pedagogy and the Politics of the Body; Chapter 1 Thinking about Thinking; Chapter 2 The Body and Knowledge: Towards Relational Understanding; Chapter 3 Skinned Alive: Towards a Postmodern Pedagogy of the Body; Chapter 4 Re-Membering the Body in Critical Pedagogy; Chapter 5 The Dancer's Life: Existence and Transformation; Chapter 6 Reaching beyond the Familiar: Redefining Dance Education as an Emancipatory Pedagogy; Chapter 7 Towards a Critical Pedagogy of the Body;

Editorial Reviews

Having been a dancer for many years, Shapiro turned to the academic study of the body as it intersects questions of pedagogy, art, and social change. She lays a foundation for a theory and practice of a somatically-orientated critical pedagogy by exploring what it might mean to approach questions of identity, justice, moral responsibility, ideological conformity, and resistance through engaging our own body experiences and memories. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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