Dancing Cultures

This collection of essays is a welcome focus on dance anthropology. The book encompasses chapters on an impressive range of traditions and practices from developed as well as developing countries across the world, including small and large phenomena. It has a clear introduction to orientate readers in the anthropological study of dance The essays are rich and varied case studies, interesting in themselves. However, they also collectively build layered and interlocking perspectives on larger patterns of change in the contemporary world, making the book highly topical This collection has breadth yet also coherence. It is a dense but accessible resource on dance anthropology. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute While globalization and tourism are included in the discussion of dance, the strength of the content is in understanding the composition of dance and the role dance plays in shaping cultures. Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change The presentation quality of this volume is of a high standard. The photographs are clear and they work well to support to relevant arguments. It is a successful research-oriented volume with very good links between theories and practice in relation to ethnographic studies, tourism, and dance. This book is appropriate and worthwhile for undergraduate and postgraduate students for their in-depth research on social, cultural, and tourism studies. In particular, the excellent case studies in this volume provide insights in to how dance performance is relevant to other different disciplines. Its examples are also relevant for practitioners who work in the creative, culture, and tourism sectors. Annals of Tourism Research

Hlne Neveu Kringelbach is a Senior Lecturer in African Studies at UCL. She was a researcher at the African Studies Centre in Oxford. Her current research interests include dance and musical theatre in West Africa and beyond, contemporary choreography in Africa and transnational families across Senegal and Europe.

Introduction: The Movement of Dancing Cultures Hlne Neveu Kringelbach and Jonathan Skinner Part I: Dance and globalisation Chapter 1. Globalization and the Dance Import/Export Business: The Jive Story Jonathan Skinner Chapter 2. Ballet culture and the market: a transnational perspective Helena Wulff Chapter 3. Weve got this rhythm in our blood: dancing identities in Southern Italy Karen Ldtke Part II: Tourism, Social Transformation and the Dance Chapter 4. Performance in tourism: transforming the gaze and tourist encounter at Hwus Feasthouse Linda Scarangella-McNenly Chapter 5. Movement on the move: performance and dance tourism Felicia Hughes-Freeland Chapter 6. Dance, visibility and representational self-awareness in an Embera community in Panama Dimitrios Theodossopoulos Part III: Dance, identity and the nation Chapter 7. Moving shadows of Casamance: dance and regionalism in Senegal Hlne Neveu Kringelbach Chapter 8. Ballet Folklrico Mexicano: choreographing a national identity in a transnational context Olga Njera-Ramrez Chapter 9. Dance, youth and changing gender identities in Korea Sverine Carrausse Chapter 10. Preparation, presentation and power: childrens performances in a Balinese dance studio Jonathan McIntosh Epilogue: Making culture Caroline Potter Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index