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Contents Acknowledgements ix Preface xi 1 Premises and Locations 1 2 By Way of Introductions 35 3 The Body Mobile, Mobilized, Mobilizing . . . Or, Regarding Legacies 73 4 Danced Disruptions: Postmodern Preoccupations and Reconsiderations 98 5 The Historic Problem: Historicity As Legal Alien 137 6 Text Dances: Pieces and Thoughts 180 Subversive Dancing: The Playful Interventions in Jawole Willa Jo Zollar's Batty Moves (1995) 180 Angika (1985): Rehistoricizing Cultural Legacies 193 Womb Wars (1992): Embodying Her Critical Response to Abortion Politics 212 Yantra (1994): InÞnite Erotica 225 Metonymy Mining History: Hands Singing Song (1998) 241 Sri (1990): Feminist Visions for a Powerful Future 262 Creating Alternative Communities: The Rewriting of the Gothic in Jawole Willa Jo Zollar's Bones & Ash (1995) 275 Raga (1998) and Sloka (1999): Troubling Feminity 289 Dislocations and Roaming Addresses: Shelter (1988) and Bitter Tongue (1987) 311 In Conclusion: In Thinking Through This Journey 326 Notes 329 Bibliography 351 Index 359
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Dance -- Social aspects.
Feminism and the arts.
Choreography -- Study and teaching.
Chandralekha.
Zollar, Jawole Willa Jo.