Social Choreography and Poetry during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The Poetics and Politics of Distanced Movements
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22910123 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Pitetti-Heil (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 503-520 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Amerikastudien/American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0340-2827 • E-ISSN: 2625-2155 |
| Publisher | Universitatverlag WINTER Heidelberg (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.33675/amst/2022/4/10 |
| OpenAlex | W4313209958 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
The COVID-19 pandemic has made visible the many ways in which moving (especially through urban spaces) is a matter of what I call, in reference to Andrew Hewitt, "social choreography": the unwritten rules about how one moves through crowds, where one is able and allowed to go, and how one gets there. This article brings together aspects of social choreography, the movements within lyrical compositions, and the literal and figurative dimension of breathing in order to reflect upon individual and communal aspects of the force and power that is inhibited when people cannot move and breathe as a group. Examining Laura Mullen's poem "Virus," I concentrate on how breath and movement establish a sense of self; my reading of Claudia Rankine's poem "Weather" turns to the racial inequalities that the pandemic has amplified and reinforced. Taking seriously the impact of bodily movements and rhythms of breath onto individual and communal identities, I explore the ways in which Mullen's and Rankine's poems present and enact shared breathing and shared movements as meaningful elements of individual and communal identities.
Aesthetics · Art · Choreography · Dance · Linguistics · Literal and figurative language · Literature · Media studies · Poetics · Poetry · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Social movement · Sociology · Visual arts · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law · Philosophy · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism · Theatre and Performance Studies
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |