ISBN:
9780190933999
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (265 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.4/846
Keywords:
Dance-Social aspects
;
Dance-Philosophy
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Valuing Dance looks at the occasion when dancing passes from one person to another as an act of exchange, one that is redolent with symbolic meanings, including those associated with its history and all the labor that has gone into its making.
Abstract:
Cover -- Valuing Dance -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Dance's Resource-fullness -- Dancing as Being in Relation -- Dancing as Energizing -- Dancing as Adapting -- 2. Commodifying and Giving -- Verso: Dance as Commodity -- Standardizing, Spectacularizing, and Promoting -- Bringing People into Relation as Constructing Interactivity -- Energizing as Targeting Vitality -- Adapting as Developing Transportability -- Recto: Dance as Gift -- Giving, Accepting, and Reciprocating -- Bringing People into Relation as Creating Connectivity -- Energizing as Embracing Irrepressibility -- Adapting as Cultivating Locality -- 3. The Social Life of Dances -- The Global Reach of Hip-Hop -- Learning to Dance in the Privately Owned Studio -- On the Powwow Circuit -- 4. Why Dance? -- Verso: Why Commodify? -- Recto: Why Give? -- Verso: Who Is Dancing? -- Recto: Philosophies of Giving -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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