World dance cultures : from ritual to spectacle /
Beaman, Patricia,
World dance cultures : from ritual to spectacle / Patricia Leigh Beaman. - xx, 287 pages ; 26 cm
P.B
Includes bibliographical references and index.
India : devotion, dance, mythology -- Bali and Java : from temple, to village, to court -- Cambodia and China : dance as a political tool -- Japan : entertaining samurai, merchants, and rebels -- Hawai'i, Aotearoa/New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea : keepers of culture -- Africa : fertility festivals, death ceremonies, and ancestor worship -- North Africa, Turkey, and Spain : healing, worship, expression -- Native America, the Caribbean, South America : activism, spirituality, spectacle.
9781138907737 (pbk)
Dance--Cross-cultural studies.
Dance--Anthropological aspects.
GV1588.6 / B43 2018
793.3
World dance cultures : from ritual to spectacle / Patricia Leigh Beaman. - xx, 287 pages ; 26 cm
P.B
Includes bibliographical references and index.
India : devotion, dance, mythology -- Bali and Java : from temple, to village, to court -- Cambodia and China : dance as a political tool -- Japan : entertaining samurai, merchants, and rebels -- Hawai'i, Aotearoa/New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea : keepers of culture -- Africa : fertility festivals, death ceremonies, and ancestor worship -- North Africa, Turkey, and Spain : healing, worship, expression -- Native America, the Caribbean, South America : activism, spirituality, spectacle.
9781138907737 (pbk)
Dance--Cross-cultural studies.
Dance--Anthropological aspects.
GV1588.6 / B43 2018
793.3