Dancing across borders : the American fascination with exotic dance forms /
Shay, Anthony, 1936-
Dancing across borders : the American fascination with exotic dance forms / American fascination with exotic dance forms Anthony Shay. - vii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-213) and index.
Part I. Gateways -- "I nearly swooned" : empowering encounters of the exotic kind -- The early exotic dancers -- The recreational international folk dance movement -- Ethnomusicology and dance ethnology -- Part II. Genres -- Kolomania : Balkan dance as an American expression -- Belly dance : embodied orientalism -- Classical Asian dance : the arduous journey -- Latin American dances : sin and sex made safe.
"This study describes and analyzes the phenomenal popularity of exotic dance forms among mainstream Americans. Throughout the 20th century, millions of Americans have begun learning and performing various Balkan dances, the tango, and other Latin American dances, along with the classical dances of India, Japan, and Indonesia"--Provided by publisher.
0786437847 9780786437849
2008013472
Dance--Social aspects--United States
Dance--History--United States
Dance--Anthropological aspects
Sex in dance
GV1588.6 / .S56 2008
306.4846
Dancing across borders : the American fascination with exotic dance forms / American fascination with exotic dance forms Anthony Shay. - vii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-213) and index.
Part I. Gateways -- "I nearly swooned" : empowering encounters of the exotic kind -- The early exotic dancers -- The recreational international folk dance movement -- Ethnomusicology and dance ethnology -- Part II. Genres -- Kolomania : Balkan dance as an American expression -- Belly dance : embodied orientalism -- Classical Asian dance : the arduous journey -- Latin American dances : sin and sex made safe.
"This study describes and analyzes the phenomenal popularity of exotic dance forms among mainstream Americans. Throughout the 20th century, millions of Americans have begun learning and performing various Balkan dances, the tango, and other Latin American dances, along with the classical dances of India, Japan, and Indonesia"--Provided by publisher.
0786437847 9780786437849
2008013472
Dance--Social aspects--United States
Dance--History--United States
Dance--Anthropological aspects
Sex in dance
GV1588.6 / .S56 2008
306.4846