Dance, consumerism, and spirituality
By: CS Walter
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9781137463524
Subjects: Dance; Social aspects; Religious aspects; Consumption (Economics); BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Consumer Behavior; PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / General; RELIGION / Spirituality
Description: "Dance, Consumerism, and Spirituality exposes and explores the relationships between the consumption of dance related goods, services, and ideas to human spirituality. This non fiction book is important because we find ourselves in a dance moment in time, where dance is proliferating in movies, television, Internet, and retail spaces while and the inherent spiritual power associated with dance is instead being linked with mass consumption. Simply stated, historically dance deeply connects with consumers in ways that extend beyond notions of entertainment"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Foreward; Jonathan SchroederIntroduction: An Opening1. On the Spiritual Motivations for Dance Consumption 2. Womanist Trans-modern Dance Metaphors of Consumer 3. Value Creation and the Inner Mystic Dancer 4. On Valuing Mystical Dance Experiences5. The Power of Dance in Cyberity6. Womanist Ideology In Service of A Mystical Worldview Conclusion: A Continuing Passage.