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

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.

Author: J. Hamera
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 11/08/2006
Series: Studies in International Performance
Pages: 257
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 8.64h x 5.70w x 0.97d
ISBN: 9780230000032
2007 Edition