Dance and the Corporeal Uncanny

<p><em>Dance and the Corporeal Uncanny</em> takes the philosophy of the body into the field of dance through the lens of subjectivity and via its critique. </p><p>It draws on dance and performance as its dedicated field of practice to articulate a philosophy of agency and movement. It is organized around two conceptual paradigms - one phenomenological (via Merleau-Ponty) the other an interpretation of Nietzschean philosophy mediated through the work of Deleuze. </p><p>The book draws on dance studies cultural critique ethnography and postcolonial theory seeking an interdisciplinary audience in philosophy dance and cultural studies.</p>