{"product_id":"democracy-moving-ariel-nereson-9780472075126","title":"Democracy Moving: Bill T. Jones, Contemporary American Performance, and the Racial Past","description":"On the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, renowned choreographer and director Bill T. Jones developed three tributes: \u003ci\u003eSerenade\/The Proposition\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e100 Migrations\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFondly Do We Hope \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e. . . \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eFervently Do We Pray\u003c\/i\u003e. These widely acclaimed dance works incorporated video and audio text from Lincoln's writings as they examined key moments in his life and his enduring legacy. \u003ci\u003eDemocracy Moving\u003c\/i\u003e explores how these works provided both an occasion and a method by which democracy and history might be reconceived through movement, positioning dance as a form of both history and historiography. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The project addresses how different communities choose to commemorate historical figures, events, and places through art--whether performance, oratory, song, statuary, or portraiture--and in particular, Black US American counter-memorial practices that address histories of slavery. Advancing the theory of oscillation as Black aesthetic praxis, author Ariel Nereson celebrates Bill T. Jones as a public intellectual whose practice has contributed to the project of understanding America's relationship to its troubled past. The book features materials from Bill T. Jones\/Arnie Zane Company's largely unexplored archive, interviews with artists, and photos that document this critical stage of Jones's career as it explores how aesthetics, as ideas in action, can imagine more just and equitable social formations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ariel Nereson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472075128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472075126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.06w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2023","brand":"Ariel Nereson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44045452902655,"sku":"9780472075126","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bd4de6fb-6fc3-49ad-a8bf-cb8f4b64084b.jpg?v=1684978839","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/democracy-moving-ariel-nereson-9780472075126","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}