Dancing Communities: Performance, Difference and Connection in the Global City

Judith A. Hamera

ISBN 10: 0230000037 / ISBN 13: 9780230000032

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

About this Item

This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Seller Inventory # C9780230000032

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dancing Communities: Performance, Difference and Connection in the Global City
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230000037
• ISBN 13: 9780230000032
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 448 grams

About this title

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.

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.