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UNINA9910463539503321 |
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Krystal Matthew |
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Indigenous dance and dancing Indian [[electronic resource] ] : contested representation in the global era / / Matthew Krystal |
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Boulder, Colo., : University of Press of Colorado, c2012 |
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1-4571-1159-4 |
1-4571-1684-7 |
1-60732-097-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (341 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Indian dance - North America |
Dance - Anthropological aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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UNINA9910955704003321 |
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Autore |
McVeigh Brian J. |
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Japanese higher education as myth / / Brian J. McVeigh |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 |
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1-317-46702-7 |
0-7656-0925-8 |
1-315-70316-5 |
1-317-46703-5 |
0-7656-1177-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (318 p.) |
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Education, Higher - Japan - History - 21st century |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"An East Gate Book." |
First published 2002 by M.E. Sharpe. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Tables, Figures, and Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: The PoteĢmkin Factor; 2. Myths, Mendacity, and Methodology; 3. State, Nation, Capital, and Examinations: The Shattering of Knowledge; 4. Gazing and Guiding: Japan's Educatio-Examination Regime; 5. Schooling for Silence: The Sociopsychology of Student Apathy; 6. Japanese Higher Education as Simulated Schooling; 7. Self-Orientalism Through Occidentalism: How ""English"" and ""Foreigners"" Nationalize Japanese Students |
8. ""Playing Dumb"": Students Who Pretend Not to Know9. Lessons Learned in Higher Education; 10. The Price of Simulated Schooling and |
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""Reform""; Appendix A: Statistics of Japanese Education; Appendix B: Other Types of Postsecondary Schools in Japan; Appendix C: Modes of Institutional Operation and Simulation; References; Index |
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In this dismantling of the myth of Japanese ""quality education"", McVeigh investigates the consequences of what happens when statistical and corporatist forces monopolize the purpose of schooling and the boundary between education and employment is blurred. |
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