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LEADER: 01655nam a22002898a 4500
001 2008013472
003 DLC
005 20080404162016.0
008 080324s2008 ncu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008013472
020 $a9780786437849 (softcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aGV1588.6$b.S56 2008
082 00 $a306.4/846$222
100 1 $aShay, Anthony,$d1936-
245 10 $aDancing across borders :$bthe American fascination with exotic dance forms /$cAnthony Shay.
260 $aJefferson, NC :$bMcFarland & Co.,$c2008.
263 $a0805
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPart 1. Gateways -- 1. "I nearly swooned" : empowering encounters of the exotic kind -- 2. The early exotic dancers -- 3. The recreational international folk dance movement -- 4. Ethnomusicology and dance ethnology -- Part 2. Genres -- 5. Kolomania : Balkan dance as an American expression -- 6. Belly dance : embodied orientalism -- 7. Classical Asian dance : the arduous journey -- 8. Latin American dances : sin and sex made safe.
520 $a"This study describes and analyzes the phenomenal popularity of exotic dance forms among mainstream Americans. Throughout the 20th century, millions of Americans have begun learning and performing various Balkan dances, the tango, and other Latin American dances, along with the classical dances of India, Japan, and Indonesia"--Provided by publisher.
650 0 $aDance$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aDance$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aDance$xAnthropological aspects.
650 0 $aSex in dance.