Contortion and Practices of Body Flexibility in East Asia Ball Juggling Books and DVD Using contemporary records and images

Using contemporary records and images

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Contortion and Practices of Body Flexibility in East Asia Ball Juggling Books and DVD Using contemporary records and imagesThis scholarly book explores the cultural, historical, and performance traditions of extreme body flexibility especially contortion across East Asia. Rather than treating contortion simply as a circus trick or physical feat, the book examines it as a complex cultural practice shaped by training systems, aesthetics, health traditions, and performance history. It combines performance studies, cultural history, and body theory to show how flexibility has