Spaces for ambiguities
Playing with hair in community theatre for teenage girls
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15080968 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elsa Szatek (0000-0002-8815-8042, Stockholm University, corresponding author), Karin Gunnarsson (0000-0001-7165-3891, Stockholm University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 678-693 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Research in Drama Education The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1356-9783 • E-ISSN: 1470-112X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13569783.2023.2192342 |
| OpenAlex | W4360611885 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 19 |
This article concerns how the normative matter of body hair is playfully encountered within a theatre practice for teenage girls. By working with Deleuzian-inspired theories, playfulness is understood as embodied doings, interwoven with the local context. The article explores how playfulness is enacted in relation to the everyday, in particular body hair removal. The analysis shows how playfulness is an ambiguous feature enacted together with bodies, affects and materialities. Moreover, playfulness became both a restricting and a transformative force reproducing the already known while also opening up a critical approach of playing with the violent aspects of hair removal
Aesthetics · Art · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Normative · Pedagogy · Sociology · Transformative learning · Diversity and Impact of Dance · History · Philosophy · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism · Psychology · Theatre and Performance Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |