Dancing from Past to Present: Nation, Culture, Identities

Dancing from Past to Present: Nation, Culture, Identities
ISBN-10
0299218538
ISBN-13
9780299218539
Category
Performing Arts
Pages
260
Language
English
Published
2007-03-19
Publisher
Univ of Wisconsin Press
Author
Theresa Jill Buckland

Description

This groundbreaking collection combines ethnographic and historic strategies to reveal how dance plays crucial cultural roles in various regions of the world, including Tonga, Java, Bosnia-Herzegovina, New Mexico, India, Korea, Macedonia, and England. The essays find a balance between past and present and examine how dance and bodily practices are core identity and cultural creators. Reaching beyond the typically Eurocentric view of dance, Dancing from Past to Present opens a world of debate over the role dance plays in forming and expressing cultural identities around the world.

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