00000nam a2200000 n 4500 UP-1685523046124792466 Buklod 20231124103029.0 aa r 001 0 ta 230427s2018 enka r b 001 0 eng d 9781138907737 (paperback) 19633719 CHK-6223 Goldenbooks Php3950.00 DLC DCHK rda eng GV 1588.6 .B43 2018 GV 1588.6 B43 2018 Beaman, Patricia Leigh author World dance cultures from ritual to spectacle Patricia Leigh Beaman. London New York, NY Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2018 xx, 289 pages 25 cm color illustrations text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index India : devotion, dance, mythology -- Bali and Java : from temple, to village, to court -- Cambodia and China : dance as a political tool -- Japan : entertaining samurai, merchants, and rebels -- Hawai'i, Aotearoa/New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea : keepers of culture -- Africa : fertility festivals, death ceremonies, and ancestor worship -- North Africa, Turkey, and Spain : healing, worship, expression -- Native America, the Caribbean, South America : activism, spirituality, spectacle. From Healing, fertility and religious rituals, through theatrical entertainment, to death ceremonies and ancestor worship, World Dance Cultures introduces and extraordinary variety of dance forms practiced around the world. This highly illustrated textbook draws on wide-ranging historical documentation and first-hand accounts, taking in India, Bali, java, Cambodia, China, Japan, Hawai'i, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Africa, Turkey, Spain, Native America, South America, and the Caribbean. Each chapters covers a certain region's distinctive dances, pinpoints key issues and trends from the form's development to its modern iteration, and offers a wealth of study features including: case studies - zooming in on key details of a dance form's cultural, historical, and religious contexts; explorations - first-hand descriptions of dances from scholars, anthropologists and practitioners; think about - provocations to encourage critical analysis of dance forms and the way in which they're understood; discussion question - starting points for group work, classroom seminars or individual study; further study tips - listing essential books, essays and video material. Offering a comprehensive overview of each dance from covered with over 100 full color photos, World Dance Cultures is an essential introductory resource for students and instructors alike Dance Cross-cultural studies. Dance Anthropological aspects. FO UPD DCHK GV 1588.6 B43 2018 Book