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Ethno Identity Dance for Sex, Fun and Profit: Staging Popular Dances Around the World

Autor Anthony Shay
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 12 sep 2016
People all over the world dance traditional and popular dances that havebeen staged for purposes of representing specific national and ethnic groups.Anthony Shay suggests these staged dance productions be called “ethno identitydances”, especially to replace the term “folk dance,” which Shay suggestsshould refer to the traditional dances found in village settings as an organicpart of village and tribal life. Shay investigates the many motives that impelpeople to dance in these staged productions: dancing for sex or dancing sexydances, dancing for fun and recreation, dancing for profit - such as dancingfor tourists - dancing for the nation or to demonstrate ethnic pride. In thisstudy Shay also examines belly dance, Zorba Dancing in Greek nightclubs andrestaurants, Tango, Hula, Irish step dancing, and Ukrainian dancing.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781137593177
ISBN-10: 1137593172
Pagini: 285
Ilustrații: XVII, 270 p. 8 illus., 6 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2016
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Introduction. Ethno Identity Dance.- Part I. Dancing for Sex.- Chapter One. I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate.- Chapter Two. Breaking Plates on the Plaka.- Chapter Three. It Takes Two to Tango.- Part II. Dancing for Profit.- Chapter Four. Lovely Hula Hands.- Part III. Dancing for the Nation.- Chapter Five. When Irish Feet are Twinkling.- Chapter Six. Dancing for Ukraine.- Notes.

Notă biografică

Anthony Shay is Associate Professor ofDance and Cultural Studies at Pomona College, USA. He is a former dancer andchoreographer, having founded and directed the AMAN Folk Ensemble and the AVAZInternational Dance Theatre. He is the author and editor of ten books,including the Oxford Handbook of Danceand Ethnicity (2016) and DangerousLives of Public Performers: Dancing, Sex, and Entertainment in the IslamicWorld (2014). 

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People all over the world dance traditional and popular dances that havebeen staged for purposes of representing specific national and ethnic groups.Anthony Shay suggests these staged dance productions be called “ethno identitydances”, especially to replace the term “folk dance,” which Shay suggestsshould refer to the traditional dances found in village settings as an organicpart of village and tribal life. Shay investigates the many motives that impelpeople to dance in these staged productions: dancing for sex or dancing sexydances, dancing for fun and recreation, dancing for profit - such as dancingfor tourists - dancing for the nation or to demonstrate ethnic pride. In thisstudy Shay also examines belly dance, Zorba Dancing in Greek nightclubs andrestaurants, Tango, Hula, Irish step dancing, and Ukrainian dancing.