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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). Zusammenfassung He argues that as dancers negotiate the terrain of what is or is not authentic, they find ways to express their personal aspirations, discovering, within the framework of nationalism or collective identity, that there is considerable room to reform national ideals through individual virtuosity. 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
