ISBN:
9781607320968
,
9781607320975
Language:
English
Pages:
XXII, 315 S.
,
Ill.
DDC:
781.62/97
Keywords:
Indian dance
;
Indian dance
;
Dance Cross-cultural studies Anthropological aspects
;
Nordamerika
;
Indianer
;
Kulturelle Identität
;
Tanz
;
Kulturvergleich
Description / Table of Contents:
Pt. 1. Introduction. Dance, culture, and identity -- Representational dance and the problem of authenticity -- pt. 2. K'iche' Maya traditional dance. Conquest, colonialism, and continuity -- The dance of the conquest and contested national identity -- pt. 3. Native American powwow. Origin, change, and continuity in powwow -- Characteristics, functions, and meanings in contemporary powwow -- Powwow, self-representation, and multiplicity of identity -- pt. 4. Folkloric dance. Folkloric dance, modernity, and appropriation -- Appropriation, round 2 : immigrant folkloric dance -- Back to the field : indigenous folkloric dance -- pt. 5. Chiefs, kings, mascots, and martyrs. Dancing Indian in sports : origins and development -- Chief Illiniwek enacted in ritual and myth -- Chief Illiniwek contested -- pt. 6. Conclusion. Dance in comparison -- Confusions and conclusions.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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