Category Archives: Theory

Contemporary Dance in Cuba: Técnica Cubana as Revolutionary Movement

Posted on April 15, 2016 by racheloriol

John, Suki. Contemporary Dance in Cuba: Técnica Cubana as Revolutionary Movement. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc. 2012. There is no way that I can do this book justice in a post here. If this book wasn’t on loan from … Continue reading →

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Memoir: An Introduction

Posted on March 24, 2016 by racheloriol

Couser, Thomas G. Memoir: An Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. I picked up this book because I had read a chapter by Couser in another text on disability and memoir. He is a scholar of life writing and literature, … Continue reading →

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The Body as Material Culture

Posted on March 14, 2016 by racheloriol

Sofaer, Joanna R. The Body as Material Culture: A Theoretical Osteoarchaeology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Although Joanna Sofaer is an archeologist from the University of Southhampton, I find her approach to the body as both biological and social fascinating … Continue reading →

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Corporeality in Early Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature

Posted on February 17, 2016 by racheloriol

Willis, Bruce Dean. Corporeality in Early Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature: Body Articulations. New York: Palgrave MacMillan. 2013. Willis’ book centers on modernist writers/poets from Spanish America and Brazil who attend to the body in a variety of ways through literature. … Continue reading →

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Massacre of the Dreamers by Ana Castillo

Posted on June 19, 2014 by racheloriol

Castillo, Ana. Massacre of the Dreamers: Essays on Xicanisma. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1994. Thoughts on this collection of essays: Although aggressive and defensive in tone, it makes sense for the time period it was written over. Her … Continue reading →

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