An Ontology of a Backflip. (April 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jackson, Alecia Youngblood
• Other Names: St.Pierre Elizabeth A. guest-editor.; Mazzei Lisa A. guest-editor.; Jackson Alecia Y. guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Cultural studies, critical methodologies. Volume 16:Number 2(2016:Apr.)
• Page Start: 183
• Page End: 192
• Publication Date: 2016-04
• Subjects: Deleuze -- refrain -- ontology; Culture -- Research -- Periodicals; Popular culture -- Research -- Periodicals; 306.05
• DOI: 10.1177/1532708616634735
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1532-7086

Abstract

I use the Deleuze and Guattari geo-philosophical "Plateau 11. 1837: Of the Refrain" to map the conditions of the emergence of a particular territorial refrain: a backflip. Using a research encounter that involved a cheerleading dance, I position the backflip as a refrain that draws from the rhythms of various milieus to mark a territory. I follow the backflip along a line of flight to describe its ontological force of creation and newness.