Dancing with death: Performativity and “undiscussable” bodies in still/here

Text and Performance Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 369-379

  Bordwell, Marilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 84952655806     PISSN: 10462937     EISSN: 14795760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10462939809366237     Document Type: Review

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