Dancing Youth - Hip Hop and Gender in Late Socialist Vietnam

Breaking, popping, locking, waacking, and hip-hop dance are practiced widely in contemporary Vietnam. Considering the dance practices in the larger context of post-socialist transformation, urban restructuring, and changing gender relations, Sandra Kurfürst examines youth's aspirations and desires embodied in dance. Drawing on a rich and diverse range of qualitative data, including interviews, sensory and digital ethnography, she shows how dancers confront social and gender norms while following their passion. As a contribution to area and global studies, the book illuminates the translocal spatialities of hip hop, produced through the circulation of objects and the movement of people.

About the author

Sandra Kurfürst is a professor at the Global South Studies Center, University of Cologne. Trained in Southeast Asian Studies and sociology, she received her PhD from the University of Passau. She has conducted extensive field research in Vietnam, particularly Hanoi. Her research focuses on urbanism, gender, media, and communication.

Summary

Breaking, popping, locking, waacking, and hip-hop dance are practiced widely in contemporary Vietnam. Considering the dance practices in the larger context of post-socialist transformation, urban restructuring, and changing gender relations, Sandra Kurfürst examines youth's aspirations and desires embodied in dance. Drawing on a rich and diverse range of qualitative data, including interviews, sensory and digital ethnography, she shows how dancers confront social and gender norms while following their passion. As a contribution to area and global studies, the book illuminates the translocal spatialities of hip hop, produced through the circulation of objects and the movement of people.

Product details

• Authors: Sandra Kurfürst
• Publisher: Transcript
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2021
• EAN: 9783837656343
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-5634-3
• No. of pages: 276
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 225 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 432 g
• Illustrations: 20 SW-Abb.
• Series: Global Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Populäre Kultur, Vietnam, Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Gender, Altersgruppen: Jugendliche, Cultural History, Culture, Sociology, Popular Culture, Globalization, Society, Sociology of Culture, Hip Hop, Youth, auseinandersetzen, Southeast Asia, Urban Culture, Post-Socialist, Sociology and anthropology, Culture and institutions, Social processes, Groups of people, Stage presentations