1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463539503321

Autore

Krystal Matthew

Titolo

Indigenous dance and dancing Indian [[electronic resource] ] : contested representation in the global era / / Matthew Krystal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, Colo., : University of Press of Colorado, c2012

ISBN

1-4571-1159-4

1-4571-1684-7

1-60732-097-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 p.)

Disciplina

781.62/97

Soggetti

Indian dance - North America

Dance - Anthropological aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Figures; Preface; Part One: Introduction; 1. Dance, Culture, and Identity; 2. Representational Dance and the Problem of Authenticity; Part Two: K'iche' Maya Traditional Dance; 3. Conquest, Colonialism, and Continuity; 4. The Dance of the Conquest and Contested National Identity; Part Three: Native American Powwow; 5. Origin, Change, and Continuity in Powwow; 6. Characteristics, Functions, and Meanings in Contemporary Powwow; 7. Powwow, Self-Representation, and Multiplicity of Identity; Part Four: Folkloric Dance; 8. Folkloric Dance, Modernity, and Appropriation

9. Appropriation, Round 2: Immigrant Folkloric Dance10. Back to the Field: Indigenous Folkloric Dance; Part Five: Chiefs, Kings, Mascots, and Martyrs; 11. Dancing Indian in Sports: Origins and Development; 12. Chief Illiniwek Enacted in Ritual and Myth; 13. Chief Illiniwek Contested; Part Six: Conclusion; 14. Dance in Comparison; 15. Confusions and Conclusions; Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Focusing on the enactment of identity in dance, Indigenous Dance and Dancing Indian is a cross-cultural, cross-ethnic, and cross-national comparison of indigenous dance practices.  Considering four genres of dance in which indigenous people are represented--K'iche Maya



traditional dance, powwow, folkloric dance, and dancing sports mascots--the book addresses both the ideational and behavioral dimensions of identity. Each dance is examined as a unique cultural expression in individual chapters, and then all are compared in the conclusion, where striking parallels and important divergences ar

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910695899403321

Autore

Steinwald Bruce

Titolo

Health care spending [[electronic resource] ] : public payers face burden of entitlement program growth, while all payers face rising prices and increasing use of services : testimony before the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives / / statement of A. Bruce Steinwald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2007]

Descrizione fisica

11 pages : digital, PDF file

Collana

Testimony ; ; GAO-07-497 T

Soggetti

Medical care, Cost of - United States - Forecasting

Expenditures, Public - Forecasting

Medicare - Economic aspects - Forecasting

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Apr. 18, 2007).

"For release ... February 15, 2007."

Paper version available from: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



3.

Record Nr.

UNICASBVE0643371

Titolo

Codices manuscripti & impressi : Zeitschrift für Buchgeschichte

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Purkersdorf, : Brüder Hollinek, 2013-

Descrizione fisica

volumi : ill. ; 30 cm

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Trimestrale