Indigenous dance and dancing Indian [[electronic resource] ] : contested representation in the global era / / Matthew Krystal
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Autore: |
Krystal Matthew
|
| Titolo: |
Indigenous dance and dancing Indian [[electronic resource] ] : contested representation in the global era / / Matthew Krystal
|
| Pubblicazione: | Boulder, Colo., : University of Press of Colorado, c2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (341 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 781.62/97 |
| Soggetto topico: | Indian dance - North America |
| Dance - Anthropological aspects | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Indigenous dance and dancing Indian |
| ISBN: | 1-4571-1159-4 |
| 1-4571-1684-7 | |
| 1-60732-097-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910463539503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |