{"product_id":"dance-transcending-borders","title":"Dance : Transcending Borders","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Rustom Bharucha\u003cbr\u003eEminent Contributors\/\u003cbr\u003eTranslator(s)\/ Editors(s): Urmimala Sarkar Munsi\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Tulika\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2008\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 268\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9788189487386\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs globalization forces us to revisit the 'local' in dance, an examination of the processes of identity formation, generation and affirmation becomes very necessary.  The world of dance in today's context is constantly being shaped by the nature of the state, politicized markets, the dialogues taking place within and between cultures, as well as the growing importance of multimedia skills.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the identity of dance and of dancers undergoes constant interrogation and reorganization, there is increasing need to establish dialogues across regions, and to identity and understand the major areas of concern some of which may be common to all while others may e specific to the social-political-historical conditions of particular countries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edited volume, a project of the Research and Documentation Network of the World Dance Alliance-Asia Pacific, brings together renowned scholars from the Asia=Pacific region, the Americas and Europe, to discuss issues of global and local importance that are at the centre of contemporary research.  It hopes to generate a fruitful inter-regional and \/or inter-country understanding of the art form, as the dance and dancers themselves step out and transcend borders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eABOUT THE EDITOR:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUrmimala Sarkar Munsi, the editor of this volume, is Visiting Faculty at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.  A trained dancer and choreographer, she is also a social anthropologist specializing in Dance studies.  She is Co-Chair of the Research and Documentation Network of the World Dance Alliance Asia=Pacific.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE ASIA PACIFIC\u003cbr\u003eRemembering Chandra: Points of Reference in the Here and Now:  \u003cbr\u003eRUSTOM BHARUCHA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDancing Divine Iconographies in Southeast Asia\u003cbr\u003eMOHD ANIS MD NOR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Preserving National Forms to Reviewing Traditions fro the World:\u003cbr\u003eSome Recent Uses of Classical Dance from Mainland Southeast Asia\u003cbr\u003ePORNART DAMRHUNG\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConnectivity: Dance Bodies Linking Culture, Site and Technology\u003cbr\u003eCHERYL STOCK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBounda4ies and Beyond: Problems of Nomenclature in Indian Dance History\u003cbr\u003eURMIMALA SARKAR MUNSI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE AMERICAS\u003cbr\u003eOne plus One Equals Three (or more): \u003cbr\u003eDance Diversity as Intercultural Dialogues in the Pacific Islands\u003cbr\u003eADRIENNE L KAEPPLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLost Dances: \u003cbr\u003ePreserving the Works of Canadian Contemporary Choreographers\u003cbr\u003eMARY JANE WARNER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDance's Diversity: A US Perspective\u003cbr\u003eRANDY MARTIN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaribbean Dance with Cultural and Economic Globalization\u003cbr\u003eAs globalization forces us to revisit the 'local' in dance, an examination of the processes of identity formation, generation and affirmation becomes very necessary. Problems and Ideas Regarding Mexican Dance in the 1970s\u003cbr\u003eMARGARITA TORTAJADA-QUIROZ\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEUROPE\u003cbr\u003eIndonesian Dance Performance in Britain: Transnational Futures?\u003cbr\u003eALESSANDRA LOPEZ Y ROYO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGlobal and Local: Tracing a Danced and Musical Mosaic\u003cbr\u003eJANET ASHEAD-LANSDALE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDance and the Shifting Sands of Multiculturalism: \u003cbr\u003eQuestions from the United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003eANDERE GRAU\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCross-Culturalism in Dance: A Historical and Ideological Analysis\u003cbr\u003eANNE DECORET-AHIHA\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Rustom Bharucha \/ Tulika \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153551552880,"sku":"24315","price":43.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/24315.jpg?v=1793911075","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/dance-transcending-borders","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}