The Minor Gesture

by Erin Manning

Book Overview

In this wide-ranging and probing book Erin Manning extends her previous inquiries into the politics of movement to the concept of the minor gesture. The minor gesture, although it may pass almost unperceived, transforms the field of relations. More than a chance variation, less than a volition, it requires rethinking common assumptions about human agency and political action. To embrace the minor gesture's power to fashion relations, its capacity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822361213
• ISBN13: 9780822361213
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"