World Dance Cultures : From Ritual to Spectacle, Hardcover by Beaman, Patrici...
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781032044989
- Book Title
- World Dance Cultures : from Ritual to Spectacle
- Publisher
- Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 9.7 in
- Edition
- 2
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Genre
- Performing Arts, Sports & Recreation
- Topic
- Theater / General, Dance / Folk, General
- Item Width
- 7.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 416 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1032044985
ISBN-13
9781032044989
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3061949053
Product Key Features
Edition
2
Book Title
World Dance Cultures : from Ritual to Spectacle
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Theater / General, Dance / Folk, General
Publication Year
2023
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Performing Arts, Sports & Recreation
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Length
9.7 in
Item Width
7.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2023-014834
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
394.3
Synopsis
From healing, fertility and religious rituals, through theatrical entertainment, to death ceremonies and ancestor worship, the updated and revised second edition of World Dance Cultures introduces an extraordinary variety of dance forms and their cultures which are practiced around the world., From healing, fertility, and religious rituals, through theatrical entertainment, to death ceremonies and ancestor worship, the updated and revised second edition of World Dance Cultures introduces an extraordinary variety of dance forms and their cultures, which are practiced around the world. This highly illustrated textbook draws on wide-ranging historical documentation and first-hand accounts taking in India, Bali, Java, Cambodia, China, Japan, Hawai'i, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Africa, Türkiye, Spain, Native America, South America, and the Caribbean, with this second edition adding new chapters on the Pacific Islands, Southern Africa, France, and Cuba. Each chapter covers a certain region's distinctive dances, pinpoints key issues and trends from the form's development to its modern iteration, and offers a wealth of study features including: - Spotlights zooming in on key details of a dance form's cultural, historical, and religious contexts - Explorations--first-hand descriptions by famous dancers and ethnographers, excerpts from anthropological fieldwork, or historical writings on the form - Think About--provocations to encourage critical analysis of dance forms and the ways in which they're understood - Discussion Questions--starting points for group work, classroom seminars, or individual study. Offering a comprehensive overview of each dance form covered with over 100 full color photos, World Dance Cultures is an essential introductory resource for students and instructors alike., From healing, fertility and religious rituals, through theatrical entertainment, to death ceremonies and ancestor worship, the updated and revised second edition of World Dance Cultures introduces an extraordinary variety of dance forms and their cultures which are practiced around the world. This highly illustrated textbook draws on wide-ranging historical documentation and first-hand accounts, taking in India, Bali, Java, Cambodia, China, Japan, Hawai'i, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Africa, Turkey, Spain, Native America, South America, and the Caribbean, with this second edition adding new chapters on the Pacific Islands, Southern Africa, France and Cuba. Each chapter covers a certain region's distinctive dances, pinpoints key issues and trends from the form's development to its modern iteration, and offers a wealth of study features including: Case Studies - zooming in on key details of a dance form's cultural, historical, and religious contexts. 'Explorations' - first-hand descriptions by famous dancers and ethnographers, excerpts from anthropological fieldwork, or historical writings on the form. 'Think About' - provocations to encourage critical analysis of dance forms and the ways in which they're understood. Discussion Questions - starting points for group work, classroom seminars or individual study. Offering a comprehensive overview of each dance form covered with over 100 full color photos, World Dance Cultures is an essential introductory resource for students and instructors alike.
LC Classification Number
GV1753
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