Dance Ethnography and Global Perspectives [electronic resource] : Identity, Embodiment and Culture /
Dankworth, L.editor.
David, A.editor.
Dance Ethnography and Global Perspectives presents the work of dance scholars whose professional fieldwork spans several continents and includes studies of the dance and movement systems of varied global communities.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Global Perspectives in Ethnographic Fieldwork, Theory, and the Representation of Traditional Dance; Part I: Issues of Tradition, Modernity and Authenticity; 1 Embodied Traditions: Gujarati (Dance) Practices of Garba and Raas in the UK context; 2 How Black Is Black?: The Indigenous Atis Compete at the Ati-atihan Festival; 3 Performative Participation: Embodiment of Identities and Relationships in Sabar Dance Events
Part II: Issues of Cultural Identity Through the Influences of Social Dance Events and Tourism4 Uncovering the Invisible Female Dancers of Moreska: An Ethnochoreological Analysis; 5 Embodying Cultural Identities and Creating Social Pathways through Mallorquin Dance; 6 Kecak Behind the Scenes - Investigating the Kecak Network; Part III: Dance in Psychosocial Work, Gender and Textual Representation; 7 Forced Displacement, Identity, Embodiment and Change; 8 Sounding Contestation, Silent Suppression: Cosmopolitics and Gender in Japanese Flamenco
9 Embodiment of Cultural Knowledge: An Ethnographic Analysis of Okinawan DanceIndex
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Dance Ethnography and Global Perspectives presents the work of dance scholars whose professional fieldwork spans several continents and includes studies of the dance and movement systems of varied global communities.
Dance.
Performing arts.
Ethnography.
Dance.
Performing Arts.
Ethnography.
Cultural Studies.