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OverviewEmploying 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: S. DoddsPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.529kg ISBN: 9780230579958ISBN 10: 0230579957 Pages: 235 Publication Date: 24 June 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Let's Dance! PART I: UNDERSTANDING VALUE Dancing on the Canon The Value(s) of Cultural Studies What is Popular Dance? Writing Popular Dance Embodiments of Value PART II: DANCING VALUES 'Naughty but Nice': (Re)Articulations of Value in Neo-Burlesque Striptease Pogoing, Headbanging and Skanking: Economies of Value in Dancing Subcultures 'There's a Land That I've Dreamed About': Envisioning Value at Sunday Serenade Conclusion: The Value of Popular Dance Bibliography IndexReviews'This is a very well-researched, thoughtful, and thoroughly argued study, which should have a significant impact on the dance studies field. Dancing on the Canon contextualizes the reasons for popular dance's traditionally low status and provides much needed discussion about the potential of popular and social dance scholarship.' - Julie Malnig, Associate Professor of Theatre and Dance Performance, New York University, USA '...Dodds here contextualizes and challenges the traditionally low value accorded popular social dances within dance scholarship...Including 19 photographs, useful endnotes, and an extensive bibliography, this book will be a worthwhile resource for those interested in dance, gender and sexuality, and popular culture. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty, professionals.' - CHOICE 'This is a very well-researched, thoughtful, and thoroughly argued study, which should have a significant impact on the dance studies field. Dancing on the Canon contextualizes the reasons for popular dance's traditionally low status and provides much needed discussion about the potential of popular and social dance scholarship.' - Julie Malnig, Associate Professor of Theatre and Dance Performance, New York University, USA Author InformationSHERRIL DODDS Head of the Department of Dance, Film and Theatre at the University of Surrey. She leads the Performances of the Popular research group and co-organizes the POP MOVES research events. She is also author of Dance on Screen: Genres and Media from Hollywood to Experimental Art. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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