This book examines the notion of 'embodied value' through the complex and paradoxical articulations of significance, judgment and worth that are expressed through the dancing body within the field of popular dance practice. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ASDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296. . 2014. Paperback. . . . .

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Title: Dancing on the Canon: Embodiments of Value in Popular Dance
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication Date: 2011
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1137437375
ISBN 13: 9781137437372
Binding: Soft cover
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Employing a cultural theory approach, this book explores the relationship between popular dance and value. It traces the shifting value systems that underpin popular dance scholarship and considers how different dancing communities articulate complex expressions of judgment, significance and worth through their embodied practice.

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SHERRIL DODDS Head of the Department of Dance, Film and Theatre at the University of Surrey. She leads the Performances of the Popular research group and co-organizes the POP MOVES research events. She is also author of Dance on Screen: Genres and Media from Hollywood to Experimental Art.

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