Overview

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-colonialism? Through innovative and wide-ranging case studies, the contributors explore the central role dance plays in culture as leisure commodity, cultural heritage, cultural aesthetic or cathartic social movement.

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Author:   Hélène Neveu Kringelbach  ,  Jonathan Skinner
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
Volume:   4
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.327kg
ISBN:  

9781782385226

ISBN 10:   1782385223
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   01 May 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The Movement of Dancing Cultures Helene Neveu Kringelbach and Jonathan Skinner Part I: Dance and globalisation Chapter 1. Globalization and the Dance Import/Export Business: The Jive Story Jonathan Skinner Chapter 2. Ballet culture and the market: a transnational perspective Helena Wulff Chapter 3. We've got this rhythm in our blood : dancing identities in Southern Italy Karen Ludtke Part II: Tourism, Social Transformation and the Dance Chapter 4. Performance in tourism: transforming the gaze and tourist encounter at Hiwus Feasthouse Linda Scarangella-McNenly Chapter 5. Movement on the move: performance and dance tourism Felicia Hughes-Freeland Chapter 6. Dance, visibility and representational self-awareness in an Embera community in Panama Dimitrios Theodossopoulos Part III: Dance, identity and the nation Chapter 7. Moving shadows of Casamance: dance and regionalism in Senegal Helene Neveu Kringelbach Chapter 8. Ballet Folklorico Mexicano: choreographing a national identity in a transnational context Olga Najera-Ramirez Chapter 9. Dance, youth and changing gender identities in Korea Severine Carrausse Chapter 10. Preparation, presentation and power: children's performances in a Balinese dance studio Jonathan McIntosh Epilogue: Making culture Caroline Potter Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index

Reviews

The presentation quality of this volume is of a high standard. The photographs are clear and they work well to support to relevant arguments. It is a successful research-oriented volume with very good links between theories and practice in relation to ethnographic studies, tourism, and dance. This book is appropriate and worthwhile for undergraduate and postgraduate students for their in-depth research on social, cultural, and tourism studies. In particular, the excellent case studies in this volume provide insights in to how dance performance is relevant to other different disciplines. Its examples are also relevant for practitioners who work in the creative, culture, and tourism sectors. * Annals of Tourism Research

Author Information

Hélène Neveu Kringelbach is a Senior Lecturer in African Studies at UCL. She was a researcher at the African Studies Centre in Oxford. Her current research interests include dance and musical theatre in West Africa and beyond, contemporary choreography in Africa and transnational families across Senegal and Europe.

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