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Dance and the Body Politic in Northern Greece /
Valued for their sensual and social intensity, Greek dance-events are often also problematical for participants, giving rise to struggles over position, prestige, and reputation. Here Jane Cowan explores how the politics of gender is articulated through the body at these culturally central, yet unti...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
1990.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ; PREFACE ; INTRODUCTION ENTERING THE DANCE ; Conceptualizing Gender ; Conceptualizing the Dance ; Conceptualizing the Body ; Deciphering Bodies ; CHAPTER ONE PLACE, DISTINCTIONS, IDENTITIES ; Making a Living.
- Sohos in the Macedonian Context Political Distinctions ; CHAPTER TWO GENDER, HOUSEHOLD, AND COMMUNITY ; The Domestic Organization of Gender and Sexuality ; Household Labor ; Fieldwork ; Shifting Images of Place ; Negotiating Place and Placement.
- CHAPTER THREE EVERYDAY SOCIABILITY AS GENDERED PRACTICE Food, Spirits, and Engendering Personhood ; Coffee, Love, and Passing the Time ; The Moral Geography of Public Leisure Space ; When Women Drink Coffee in the Kafeteria ; Ambiguities of Resistance.
- CHAPTER FOUR DANCING SIGNS: DECIPHERING BODY IN WEDDING CELEBRATIONS The Wedding as Words ; Joy and Domination in the Performance of Masculinity ; Body and Spirits ; Girls in the Patinadha ; The Bridal Body ; Of Gender and Gypsies ; Reflexivity and Ritual.
- CHAPTER FIVE THE ORCHESTRATION OF ASSOCIATION IN FORMAL EVENING DANCESThe Category of Horoesperidha ; The Businesspeople's Association Dance ; Ground Rules ; Rituals of Solidarity ; Keeping Order through Orderly Disorder ; CHAPTER SIX MALE PRESTIGE AND THE ERUPTION OF CONFLICT.