Dancing cultures [[electronic resource] ] : globalization, tourism and identity in the anthropology of dance / / edited by Hélène Neveu Kringelbach and Jonathan Skinner

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Berghahn Books, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.4/846
• Soggetto topico: Dance - Anthropological aspects; Dance - Social aspects; Tourism - Anthropological aspects; Tourism - Social aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: Neveu KringelbachHélène <1969-> SkinnerJonathan, Ph. D.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. I. Dance and globalization -- pt. II. Tourism, social transformation and the dance -- pt. III. Dance, identity and the nation.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Dancing cultures
• ISBN: 0-85745-576-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453134603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Dance and performance studies ; ; v. 4.