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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Rebecca Rossen (Assistant Professor, Department of Theater and Dance, Assistant Professor, Department of Theater and Dance, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 15.70cm Weight: 0.709kg ISBN: 9780199791767ISBN 10: 0199791767 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 05 June 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction Prelude: Make Me a Jewish Dance Act I: Dancing the Jew Chapter 1: The Dancing Jew(ess): Ethnic Ambiguity and Hasidic Drag Chapter 2: Biblical Heroines and Anti-Heroines Chapter 3: The Jewish Man and His Dancing Shtick Entr'acte: Make Me a Jewish Dance Act II: Dancing Jewish Chapter 4: Dancing Folk: Jewish Memory and Amnesia Chapter 5: Dancing Zionism, Embodying Conflict Conclusion: Dancing Jewish, Dancing American Curtain Call: Dance Me My Jewish Dance Bibliography IndexReviewsRossen's deft interweaving of beautifully-written movement descriptions with rigorous scholarship produces a multifaceted analysis of the role of Jewish identity within the development of modern and postmodern dance. Dancing Jewish is an important original contribution to dance studies. Ann Cooper Albright, author of Engaging Bodies: the Politics and Poetics of Corporeality Rebecca Rossen's highly readable Dancing Jewish is a major contribution to both Jewish studies and dance/performance studies. Drawing on a rich mix of archival work, interviews with performers, and the author's personal experience as a dancer and choreographer, the book is a shining example of how performance-centered research can take us places that scholarship could not otherwise reach. Henry Bial, University of Kansas, author of Acting Jewish: Negotiating Ethnicity on the American Stage and Screen Rossen's deft interweaving of beautifully-written movement descriptions with rigorous scholarship produces a multifaceted analysis of the role of Jewish identity within the development of modern and postmodern dance. Dancing Jewish is an important original contribution to dance studies. --Ann Cooper Albright, author of Engaging Bodies: the Politics and Poetics of Corporeality Rebecca Rossen's highly readable Dancing Jewish is a major contribution to both Jewish studies and dance/performance studies. Drawing on a rich mix of archival work, interviews with performers, and the author's personal experience as a dancer and choreographer, the book is a shining example of how performance-centered research can take us places that scholarship could not otherwise reach. --Henry Bial, University of Kansas, author of Acting Jewish: Negotiating Ethnicity on the American Stage and Screen Author InformationRebecca Rossen, Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre and Dance, The University of Texas at Austin Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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