Dancing Cultures: Globalization, Tourism and Identity in the Anthropology of Dance (Dance and Performance Studies #4)

By: Hélène Neveu Kringelbach and Jonathan Skinner

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Synopsis: Dance is more than an aesthetic of life – dance embodies life. This is evident from the social history of jive, the marketing of trans-national ballet, ritual healing dances in Italy or folk dances performed for tourists in Mexico, Panama and Canada. Dance often captures those essential dimensions of social life that cannot be easily put into words. What are the flows and movements of dance carried by migrants and tourists? How is dance used to shape nationalist ideology? What are the connections between dance and ethnicity, gender, health, globalization and nationalism, capitalism and post-colonialism? Through innovative and wide-ranging case studies, the contributors explore the central role dance plays in culture as leisure commodity, cultural heritage, cultural aesthetic or cathartic social movement.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 236 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780857455765
Related ISBNs:: 9780857455758, 9781782385226
Publisher:: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Date of Addition:: 08/12/22
Copyrighted By:: Hélène Neveu Kringelbach and Jonathan Skinner
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Social Studies
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Hélène Neveu Kringelbach
Edited by:: Jonathan Skinner