The People Have Never Stopped Dancing : Native American Modern Dance Histories /

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In this first major study of contemporary Native American dance, Jacqueline Shea Murphy shows how these concert performances are at once diverse and connected by common influences. Illustrating how Native dance enacts cultural connections to land, ancestors, and animals, as well as spiritual and pol...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shea Murphy, Jacqueline, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Modern dance.
Indian dance.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
PERFORMING ARTS > Dance > Classical & Ballet.
PERFORMING ARTS > Dance > Modern.
Danses indiennes d'Amerique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Indian dance > United States > History > 20th century.
Modern dance > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In this first major study of contemporary Native American dance, Jacqueline Shea Murphy shows how these concert performances are at once diverse and connected by common influences. Illustrating how Native dance enacts cultural connections to land, ancestors, and animals, as well as spiritual and political concerns, Shea Murphy challenges stereotypes and offers new ways of recognizing the agency of bodies on stage.
Physical Description:1 online resource (296 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780816653805

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