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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Dancing with disability

an intersubjective approach

Eimir McGrath

pp. 143-158

Abstract

Dancers with disabilities are rarely seen in professional dance performance, yet dance offers a potential means of changing exclusionary societal perceptions of disability. This chapter explores the placing of the disabled body within a dance context and investigates how this placement can be theorised in terms of inclusion, by using a framework based on contemporary attachment theory.

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Goodley Dan, Hughes Bill, Davis Lennard (2012) Disability and social theory: new developments and directions. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 143-158

DOI: 10.1057/9781137023001_9

Full citation:

McGrath Eimir (2012) „Dancing with disability: an intersubjective approach“, In: D. Goodley, B. Hughes & L. Davis (eds.), Disability and social theory, Dordrecht, Springer, 143–158.