Staging Ghana - Artistry and Nationalism in State Dance Ensembles

Informationen zum Autor Paul Schauert is a lecturer in Ethnomusicology at Oakland University (Michigan). Klappentext Paul Schauert is a lecturer in Ethnomusicology at Oakland University (Michigan). Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments List of PURL Audio and Video Files Introduction: Crossing Crocodiles and Staging Ethnography 1. Beyond Ethnicity, Beyond Ghana: Staging and Embodying African Personality 2. Dancing Essences: Sensational Staging and the Cosmopolitan Politics of Authentication 3. Soldiers of Culture: Discipline, Artistry, and Alternative Education 4. Speak to the Wind: Staging the State and Performing Indirection 5. "We are the Originals!": A Tale of Two Troupes and the Birth of Contemporary Dance in Ghana 6. Politics of Personality: Creativity, Competition, and Self-Expression within a Unitary Matrix Conclusion: Dancing Between Self, State, and Nation Notes References and Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Paul Schauert, Schauert Paul
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2015
• EAN: 9780253017321
• ISBN: 978-0-253-01732-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Ethnomusicology Multimedia; Ethnomusicology Multimedia
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > Miscellaneous