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  • Dancing Mind, Minding Dance

    Socially Relevant and Personally Resonant Dance Education

    Edited by Doug Risner, Jennifer McNamara ...
    Dancing Mind, Minding Dance encompasses a collection of pivotal texts published by scholar and researcher Doug Risner, whose work over the past three decades has emphasized the significance of social relevance and personal resonance in dance education. Drawing upon Risner’s breakthrough research and visionary scholarship, the book contextualizes critical issues of dance making in the rehearsal ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Ethical Dilemmas in Dance Education

    Case Studies on Humanizing Dance Pedagogy

    Edited by Doug Risner, Karen Schupp ...
    The first of its kind, this volume presents research-based fictionalized case studies from experts in the field of dance education, examining theory and practice developed from real-world scenarios that call for ethical decision-making. Dilemmas faced by dance educators in the studio, on stage, in recreation centers and correctional facilities, and on social media are explored, accompanied by ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

  • Dancing Across the Lifespan

    Negotiating Age, Place, and Purpose

    Edited by Pam Musil, Doug Risner, Karen Schupp ...
    This book critically examines matters of age and aging in relation to dance. As a novel collection of diverse authors’ voices, this edited book traverses the human lifespan from early childhood to death as it negotiates a breadth of dance experiences and contexts. The conversations ignited within each chapter invite readers to interrogate current disciplinary attitudes and dominant assumptions and ... Read more

    $134.09 USD

  • Masculinity, Intersectionality and Identity

    Why Boys (Don’t) Dance

    Edited by Doug Risner, Beccy Watson ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This unparalleled collection, international and innovative in scope, analyzes the dynamic tensions between masculinity and dance. Introducing a lens of intersectionality, the book’s content examines why, despite burgeoning popular and contemporary representations of a normalization of dancing masculinities, some boys don’t dance and why many of those who do struggle to stay involved. Prominent ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • Sexuality, Gender and Identity

    Critical Issues in Dance Education

    Edited by Doug Risner, Julie Kerr-Berry ...
    Sexuality is a difficult topic for all educators. Dance teachers and educators are not immune to these educational challenges, especially given the large number of children, adolescents, and young adults who pursue dance study and performance. Most troubling is the lack of serious discourse in dance education and the development of educative strategies to promote healthy sexuality and empowered ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Dance, Professional Practice, and the Workplace

    Challenges and Opportunities for Dance Professionals, Students, and Educators

    Edited by Angela Pickard, Doug Risner ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Education
    Originally published as a special issue of Research in Dance Education, now with an added chapter, this text acknowledges and celebrates the increasingly diverse careers and employment networks in which dance professionals and dance educators are engaged.Addressing issues and developments relating to the workplace of dance, the text explores what it means to transcend the boundary between dance as ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Dance and Gender

    An Evidence-Based Approach

    Edited by Wendy Oliver, Doug Risner ...
    Driven by exacting methods and hard data, this volume reveals gender dynamics within the dance world in the twenty-first century. It provides concrete evidence about how gender impacts the daily lives of dancers, choreographers, directors, educators, and students through surveys, interviews, analyses of data from institutional sources, and action research studies. Dancers, dance artists, and dance ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

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  • Dance and Belonging

    Implicit Bias and Inclusion in Dance Education

    by Crystal U. Davis ...
    This book details how bias affects the brain, perception and decision-making--and identifies how these factors affect the field of dance. It applies social psychology to the events, communities, and teaching strategies in dance classrooms of all sizes and age ranges.Using critical theory as a framework, chapters define implicit biases and explore the power dynamics on and off the dance floor. ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • The End of Love

    A Sociology of Negative Relations

    by Eva Illouz ...
    Western culture has endlessly represented the ways in which love miraculously erupts in people’s lives, the mythical moment in which one knows someone is destined for us, the feverish waiting for a phone call or an email, the thrill that runs down our spine at the mere thought of him or her. Yet, a culture that has so much to say about love is virtually silent on the no less mysterious moments ... Read more

    $16.00 USD

  • Culturally Responsive Teaching

    Theory, Research, and Practice

    by Geneva Gay ...
    Series series Multicultural Education Series
    Multiple-award-winner Geneva Gay has updated her foundational text for culturally responsive teaching to keep it relevant for today’s diverse students. This perennial favorite is the go-to resource for teacher professional learning and education courses.Geneva Gay is renowned for her contributions to multicultural education, particularly as it relates to curriculum design, professional learning, ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • Explaining Creativity

    The Science of Human Innovation

    by R. Keith Sawyer ...
    In the last 50 years, psychologists, anthropologists, and sociologists have increasingly turned to studying creativity, so we now know more about it than ever before. However, until about a decade ago, creativity researchers focused only on highly valued activities, such as creating masterpieces in art and making highly significant discoveries in science. In Explaining Creativity, R. Keith Sawyer ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

  • A Critical Action Research Reader

    Edited by Patricia H. Hinchey ...
    Series Book 433 - Counterpoints
    Since its inception, action research has been the subject of confusion and controversy. Can something be research if it doesn’t «prove» anything? Can something be action research if it’s a project run by an expert who does not consider participants co-researchers? Questions multiply when the general term is limited to critical action research. What makes critical action research different from ... Read more

    $52.09 USD