Tracing embodied transformation in the context of Gaga, the Israeli
dance improvisation practice, this book demystifies what Lina
Aschenbrenner coins as “neo-spiritual aesthetics.” This book takes
the reader on an analytical journey through a Gaga class, outlining
the effective aesthetics of Gaga as an example for the broader field
of neo-spiritualities. It distinguishes a threefold effect of Gaga
practice-from a momentary extraordinary experience, to a lasting
therapeutic effect, and finally Gaga's worldview potential. It
situates the effect in an assemblage of interrelating aesthetics of
environment, movement, and bodies. The book shows why seemingly
leisure time activities such as Gaga form fruitful research objects to
an academic study of religion and opens up research on neo-spiritual
practices. In understanding the sensory effect of practice and its
cultural and social implications, the book follows an Aesthetics of
Religion approach. It departs from the idea that cognition is embodied
and that the body is thus central to understanding cultural and social
phenomena. Drawing upon a wide array of data gathered in the context
of Gaga at the Suzanne Dellal Center in Tel Aviv, the book weaves
together different methods of discourse, ritual, movement, body
knowledge, and narrative analysis, while acknowledging insights from
neuroscience and cognitive science.
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Embodied Transformation in the Israeli Movement Practice Gaga
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781350272880
Publisert
2022
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Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Academic
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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