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"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.
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Dancing across borders: the American fascination with exotic dance forms
2008, McFarland & Co.
in English
0786437847 9780786437849
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Table of Contents
Part 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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