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Dance and Resistance: An Embodiment of the Body as a Medium to Fight Violence against Women
This paper offers the perspective of dance as a manifestation of body resistance so as to produce a theological and practical basis for voicing and fighting violence against women in Indonesia. The author chooses dance as a resistance medium with a feminist dimension because dance has a relational character that forms a connection to the existence of the body and is open to shape each individual’s experience, including the reality of suffering. Some of the theories that will be used are dance theory from Kimerer L. LaMothe and ritual theory from Roy A. Rappaport. The two perspectives will have a constructive dialog to show dance as an embodiment of defense against violence against women. This paper is divided into several sub-topics. The first is introduction, the second is the research methods, the third is the meaning of resistance, the fourth is the theoretical study of dance as a ritual practice, the fifth is the character of openness and relational dance, the sixth is dance as a feminist ritual medium for resistance, and seventh is the conclusions.
Part of the book: Feminism