Dancing Cultures: Globalization, Tourism and Identity in the Anthropology of Dance (Dance and Performance Studies Book 4)

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-colonialism? Through innovative and wide-ranging case studies, the contributors explore the central role dance plays in culture as leisure commodity, cultural heritage, cultural aesthetic or cathartic social movement. Introduction: The Movement of Dancing Cultures / Hélène 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. "We've got this rhythm in our blood": dancing identities in Southern Italy / Karen Lüdtke. Part II: Tourism, Social Transformation and the Dance. Chapter 4. Performance in tourism: transforming the gaze and tourist encounter at Híwus 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 / Hélène Neveu Kringelbach. Chapter 8. Ballet Folklórico Mexicano: choreographing a national identity in a transnational context / Olga Nájera-Ramírez. Chapter 9. Dance, youth and changing gender identities in Korea / Séverine Carrausse. Chapter 10. Preparation, presentation and power: children's performances in a Balinese dance studio / Jonathan McIntosh. Epilogue: Making culture Contents List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction: The Movement of Dancing Cultures PART I Dance and Globalization Chapter 1 Globalization and the Dance Import–Export Business: The Jive Story Chapter 2 Ballet Culture and the Market: A Transnational Perspective Chapter 3 ‘We’ve Got This Rhythm in Our Blood’: Dancing Identities in Southern Italy PART II Tourism, Social Transformation and the Dance Chapter 4 Performance in Tourism: Transforming the Gaze and the Tourist Encounter at Híwus Feasthouse Chapter 5 Movement on the Move: Performance and Dance Tourism in Southeast Asia Chapter 6 Dance, Visibility and Representational Self-awareness in an Emberá Community in Panama PART III Dance, Identity and the Nation Chapter 7 Moving Shadows of Casamance: Performance and Regionalism in Senegal Chapter 8 Ballet Folklórico Mexicano: Choreographing National Identity in a Transnational Context Chapter 9 Dance, Youth and Changing Gender Identities in Korea Chapter 10 Preparation, Presentation and Power: Children’s Performances in a Balinese Dance Studio Epilogue: Making Culture through Dance Notes on Contributors Index