| Description |
viii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Studies in dance history |
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Studies in dance history (Unnumbered)
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| Contents |
Introduction / Yutian Wong -- Part I: Dancing citizenship. A new taiko folk dance: San Jose taiko and Asian American movements / Angela K. Ahlgren -- We should bring our muzukashii / Roko Kawai -- Asian Canadian dance: cross-cultural currents in Vancouver's Kokoro Dance and Co. ERASGA Dance / Eury Colin Chang -- "Started in the streets . . .": reality TV, neoliberalism and the performance of Asian American entrepreneurship on America's Best Dance Crew / Brian Su-Jen Chung -- Part II: Choreographing aesthetics. Mediated meditations: choreographies of Shen Wei and Kun-Yang Lin / Ellen V.P. Gerdes -- An Asian American land: Eiko & Koma choreograph cultural politics / Rosemary Candelario -- Ambivalent selves: the Asian female body in contemporary American dance / Maura Nguyen Donohue -- Afterword / Yutian Wong and Denise Uyehara |
| Summary |
"The definition of Asian American dance is as contested as the definition of "Asian American." The term encompasses not only a range of national origins but also a dazzling variety of theoretical frameworks, disciplinary methods, and genres--from traditional to postmodern to hip hop"--Page [4] of cover |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-249) and index |
| Subject |
Asian American dance.
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Asian Americans -- Ethnic identity.
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Asians -- Canada -- Ethnic identity.
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Dance -- Canada.
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Dance -- United States.
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| Author |
Wong, Yutian, editor
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| LC no. |
2015036821 |
| ISBN |
9780299308704 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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