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Subject(s)

• Dance—Anthropological aspects [Browse]
• Dance—Social aspects [Browse]
• Ethnicity [Browse]

Notes

"The germ of the idea for this book came from participating in the "Folk and Popular Dance Research Working Group" at the conference, Dance ACTions- Tradition and Transformations, held June 8-11, 2013 in Trondheim, Norway ..."--Page vii.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-253), discography (page 253), videography (page 253) and index.

Contents

• Introduction : ethno-identity dance
• Part I, Ethno-identity dance for sex. "I wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate" : the multiple parallel traditions of belly dance ; "Breaking plates on the plaka" : Zorba dancing ; It takes two to tango
• Part II, Dancing for profit. Lovely hula hands : the many faces of hula
• Part III, Dancing for the nation. Irish dancing : "When Irish feet are twinkling" ; Dancing for the nation : the Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, the Duquesne University Tamburitzans, and the Gandy Dancers
• Conclusion.

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ISBN

• 1137593172
• 9781137593177

LCCN

2016947011

OCLC

934194909

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