Dance in the city / edited by Helen Thomas.

Other author Thomas, Helen, 1947-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : St. Martin's Press, 1997.
Descriptionxiv, 254 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Dancing around meaning (and the meaning around dance) / Andrew Ward -- Exer(or)cising power : Black bodies in the Black public sphere / Paul Gilroy -- 'Keep your great city Paris!' : The lament of the empress and other women / Valerie A. Briginshaw -- The beat goes on : trance, dance and tribalism in rave culture / Georgiana Gore -- Dirt, noise, traffic : contemporary Indian dance in the Western city ; modernity, ethnicity and hybridity / Sanjoy Roy -- Ballroom blitz / Helen Thomas and Nicola Miller -- Cyborgs, nomads and the raving feminine / Maria Pinti -- Madame Smudge, some fossils, and other missing links : unearthing the ballet class / Lesley-Anne Sayers -- Safe sets : women, dance and 'communitas' / Barbara O'Connor -- Nazism and the call of the jitterbug / Les Back -- Aerobic dance and the city : individual and social space / Stacey Prickett -- Dance and erotica : the construction of the female stripper / Sherril Dodds -- Let's face the music-and dance? : Torvill and Dean : 'Champagne on ice' / Stephanie Jordan and Helen Thomas.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 97001717
ISBN0312174535 (cloth)
ISBN0312174543 (pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks GV1588.6 .D38 1997 ✔ Available Place Hold