Dancing across Borders: Danzas y Bailes Mexicanos - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0252076095 ISBN 13: 9780252076091

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2009

Synopsis

This book explores Mexican popular and traditional dance practices on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, addressing questions of authenticity, aesthetics, identity, interpretation, and research methodologies in dance performance. Contributors include not only noted scholars from a variety of disciplines but also several dance practitioners who reflect on their engagement with dance and reveal subtexts of dance culture.

Contributors are Norma E. Cantú, Susan Cashion, María Teresa Ceseńa, Xóchitl C. Chávez, Adriana Cruz Manjarrez, Renée de la Torre Castellanos, Peter J. García, Rudy F. García, Chris Goertzen, Martha González, Elisa Diana Huerta, Sydney Hutchinson, Marie "Keta" Miranda, Olga Nájera-Ramírez, Shakina Nayfack, Russell Rodríguez, Brenda M. Romero, Nancy Lee Chalfa Ruyter, José Sánchez Jiménez, and Alberto Zárate Rosales.
 

About this title

About the Author:

Olga Nájera-Ramírez is a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Norma E. Cantú is a professor of English at the University of Texas, San Antonio. Brenda M. Romero is an associate professor of ethnomusicology at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Review:

"This stimulating collection sets a new standard for anthropological dance studies far beyond its U.S.-Mexico focus." Daniel Sheehy, author of Mariachi Music in America: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0252076095
• ISBN 13: 9780252076091
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 445
• Editor: Najera-Ramirez Olga, Cantu Norma E., Romero Brenda M.