Butoh
This month, the Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism takes a closer look at Butoh. A Japanese avant-garde dance, butoh is stereotypically slow-moving, performed in white makeup, with shaved heads, and distorted faces and bodies. What all versions of butoh have in common is an image-based approach to generating movement, emphasizing on the dissolution and transformation of the dancing subject. Learn more through the selection of articles below.
Updates to the Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism - April 2021
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism is updated on a bi annual basis. The latest update adds 5 new articles to Visual Arts and Literature subject areas, as well as 11 new reading assignments.
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View the full list of articles included in our April update:
Literature
Modern Tamil Writing | Rajesh Subramanian
Lagerkvist, Pär (1891-1974) | Henrik Johnsson
Levison, Olivia (1847-1894) | Henrik Johnsson
Roditi, Edouard (1910-1992) | Eugenia Kelbert Rudan
Visual Arts
Rahon, Alice (1904-1987) | Danielle M. Johnson