TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shay,Anthony
TI  - Dancing across borders: the American fascination with exotic dance forms 
SN  - 0786437847
AV  - GV1588.6 .S56 2008
U1  - 306.4846 22
PY  - 2008///]
CY  - Jefferson, N.C.
PB  - McFarland & Co.
KW  - Dance
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Anthropological aspects
KW  - Sex in dance
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
ER  -