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Dancing cultures : globalization, tourism and identity in the anthropology of dance /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2012.
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| Colección: | Dance and performance studies ;
v. 4. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 228 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780857455765 0857455761 9781299777279 1299777279 |