Dancing on the canon: embodiments of value in popular dance

Auteur :
Dodds, S.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781137437372
Date de publication :
24 juin 2011
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Employing a cultural theory approach, this book explores the relationship between popular dance and value. It traces the shifting value systems that underpin popular dance scholarship and considers how different dancing communities articulate complex expressions of judgment, significance and worth through their embodied practice.