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Dancing Communities: Performance, Difference and Connection in the Global City (Studies in International Performance) - Softcover

Hamera, J.

 
9780230302334: Dancing Communities: Performance, Difference and Connection in the Global City (Studies in International Performance)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0230302335 ISBN 13: 9780230302334
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

Synopsis

Dancers create 'civic culture' as performances for public consumption, but also as vernaculars connecting individuals who may have little in common. Examining performance and the construction of culturally diverse communities the book suggests that amateur and concert dance can teach us how to live and work productively together.

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About the Author

JUDITH HAMERA is Professor and Head of the Department of Performance Studies at Texas A&M University, USA. She is the editor of Open Acts: Performance in/as Communication and Cultural Studies and co-editor of The Handbook of Performance Studies. She is the recipient of the National Communication Association's Lilla Heston Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Interpretation and Performance Studies, and received her Ph.D. in Performance Studies from Northwestern University, USA.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0230302335
ISBN 13 
9780230302334
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
238