Dancing from Past to Present Nation, Culture, Identities

This groundbreaking collection combines ethnographic and historic strategies to reveal how dance plays crucial cultural roles in various regions of the world, including Tonga, Java, Bosnia-Herzegovina, New Mexico, India, Korea, Macedonia, and England. The essays find a balance between past and present and examine how dance and bodily practices are core identity and cultural creators. Reaching beyond the typically Eurocentric view of dance,Dancing from Past to Presentopens a world of debate over the role dance plays in forming and expressing cultural identities around the world.Buckland, Theresa Jill is the author of 'Dancing from Past to Present Nation, Culture, Identities', published 2007 under ISBN 9780299218546 and ISBN 0299218546.