Oct 15, 2023
Janet O’Shea! Author! Professor! Martial artist! And more!
Janet (Jay) is the author of Risk, Failure, Play: What Dance
Reveals about Martial
Arts Training (2019, Oxford University Press) and At Home in the
World: Bharata
Natyam on the Global Stage (2007, Wesleyan University Press). She
is currently
working on a book on risk, vulnerability, and activism entitled
Bodies on the Line:
Physical Risk and Social Justice. A practitioner of Brazilian jiu
jitsu, Filipino martial
arts, jeet kune do, and empowerment self-defense, she is professor
of World Arts
and Cultures/Dance at UCLA. When she’s not swinging a stick or
reading theory, she
writes short fiction and general non-fiction. She lives in Los
Angeles with her
partner, child, and a motley pair of rescue dogs named Pico Rey and
Freddie Femtu.
We have a wonderfully informative conversation! I love it and you
can love it, too! Thanks, all!
PS This is only the first HALF of our chat.
For the second
half, head on over here to Patreon and enjoy EVERYTHING!