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International Dance Day (April 29) was introduced in 1982 by the International Dance Council<\/a> (CID, Conseil International de la Danse<\/em>), a UNESCO partner NGO. The main purpose of this day is to celebrate dance, revel in the universality of this art form, cross all political, cultural and ethnic barriers, and bring people together with a common language – dance. For more information please visit the official site<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n



Joining the celebration, we are happy to highlight our Dance and Performance Studies series<\/a>, which explores dance, music, and bodily movement in cultural contexts at the juncture of history, ritual, and performance. We are pleased to offer a 25% discount on our Performance Studies titles<\/a>, valid for the next two weeks, through May 13th, 2020. Enter code IDD20<\/strong> at checkout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dance and Performance Studies Series<\/a><\/h4>\n
General Editors:<\/div>\n
Jonathan Skinner,<\/strong>\u00a0University of Roehampton<\/div>\n
Helena Wulff,<\/strong>\u00a0Stockholm University<\/div>\n
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In all cultures, and across time, people have danced. For performers and spectators, the expressive nature of dance opens up spaces where social and political circumstances are creatively negotiated. Grounded in ethnography, this series explores dance, music and bodily movement. Read more.<\/a><\/div>\n

\"StagingNEW IN PAPERBACK!<\/em><\/strong>
STAGING CITIZENSHIP<\/a>
Roma, Performance and Belonging in EU Romania
Ioana Szeman<\/p>\n

Based on over a decade of fieldwork conducted with urban Roma, Staging Citizenship<\/em> offers a powerful new perspective on one of the European Union\u2019s most marginal and disenfranchised communities.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"2424 BARS TO KILL<\/a>
Hip Hop, Aspiration, and Japan’s Social Margins
Andrew B. Armstrong<\/p>\n

Contrary to persistent depictions of an ethnically and economically homogeneous Japan, \u201cghetto\u201d or \u201cgangsta\u201d J-hop music gives voice to the suffering, deprivation, and social exclusion experienced by many modern Japanese. 24 Bars to Kill<\/em> gives a fascinating ethnographic account of this music as well as the subculture around it.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:\u00a0A Hip Hop Introduction to Other Japans<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"LullabiesLULLABIES AND BATTLE CRIES<\/a>
Music, Identity and Emotion among Republican Parading Bands in Northern Ireland
Jaime Rollins<\/p>\n

Lullabies and Battle Cries<\/em> explores the relationship between music, emotion, memory, and identity in republican parading bands, with a focus on how this music continues to be utilized in a post-conflict climate.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:\u00a0Entering the Field<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"SingingSINGING IDEAS<\/a>
Performance, Politics and Oral Poetry
Tr\u00edona N\u00ed Sh\u00edoch\u00e1in<\/p>\n

This provocative and richly theorized study explores the re-creative, liminal aspect of song, treating it as a performative social process that cuts to the very root of identity and thought formation, thus re-imagining the history of ideas in society.<\/p>\n

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\"\"COLLABORATIVE INTIMACIES IN MUSIC AND DANCE<\/a>
Anthropologies of Sound and Movement
Edited by Evangelos Chrysagis and Panas Karampampas<\/p>\n

This theoretically rich collection takes an ethnographic approach to understanding the collective dimension of sound and movement in everyday life, drawing on genres and practices in contexts as diverse as Japanese shakuhachi playing, Peruvian huayno, and the Greek goth scene.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"LANGUID BODIES, GROUNDED STANCES<\/a>
The Curving Pathway of Neoclassical Odissi Dance
Nandini Sikand<\/p>\n

Odissi dance has transformed over the centuries from an Indian temple ritual to a transnational genre performed\u2014and consumed\u2014throughout the world. Building on ethnographic research in multiple locations, this book reveals the complexity of odissi as it is practiced today, at the intersection of identity, nationalism, tradition, and neoliberal economics.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"CHOREOGRAPHIES OF LANDSCAPE<\/a>
Signs of Performance in Yosemite National Park
Sally Ann Ness<\/p>\n

This original and cross-disciplinary book offers an ethnographic and performative study of Yosemite visitors in order to understand human connection with and within natural landscapes.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"IN SEARCH OF LEGITIMACY<\/a>
How Outsiders Become Part of the Afro-Brazilian Capoeira Tradition
Lauren Miller Griffith<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026an important study of the confluence of travel and pilgrimage, race\/class\/gender issues, embodiment and physical (and emotional) expertise, and the defense of tradition and of \u2018lineage\u2019-specific knowledge and identity in the context of globalization and an openness to (tradition-defined) innovation.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 Anthropology Review Database<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n

For a full selection of volumes in the series please visit series webpage<\/a>.<\/h5>\n
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Also of Interest<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"CuratingCURATING LIVE ARTS<\/a>
Critical Perspectives, Essays, and Conversations on Theory and Practice
Edited by Dena Davida, Marc Pronovost, V\u00e9ronique Hudon, and Jane Gabriels<\/p>\n

Curating Live Arts<\/em> brings together bold and innovative essays from an international group of theorist-practitioners to pose vital questions, propose future visions, and survey the landscape of this rapidly evolving discipline.<\/p>\n

Read A<\/a><\/strong> Collective<\/a> In<\/a>troduction<\/a><\/p>\n

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POWER IN PRACTICE<\/a>
The Pragmatic Anthropology of Afro-Brazilian Capoeira
Sergio Gonz\u00e1lez Varela<\/p>\n

Considering the concept of power in capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian ritual art form, Varela describes ethnographically the importance that capoeira leaders (mestres) have in the social configuration of a style called Angola in Bahia, Brazil.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"PERFORMING PLACE, PRACTISING MEMORIES<\/a>
Aboriginal Australians, Hippies and the State
Rosita Henry<\/p>\n

Vol. 8, SPACE AND PLACE<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cRosita Henry skillfully dissects the relations among indigenes, \u201clocals,\u201d incomers, and the various government Jurisdictions\u2026 [She] maintains a balanced view and succeeds in illuminating the very real difference generating conflicts that exist within an overall \u2018village\u2019 identity as a homogeneous community.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u00b7 American Ethnologist<\/strong><\/p>\n

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ANTHROPOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN CULTURES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bodies That Cannot Listen<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Livia Jim\u00e9nez Sedano (Vol. 28, Issue 1)<\/a><\/p>\n

ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE EAST<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Changing Portrayal of Dancers in Egyptian Films: Three Roles in the Career of Tahia Carioca (1946, 1958 and 1972)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Carolina Bracco (Vol. 14, Issue 1)<\/a><\/p>\n

JOURNEYS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The International Journal of Travel and Travel Writing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beyond Frames: The Creation of a Dance Company in Health Care through the Journey of Brain Trauma<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Jenny Elliott (Vol. 11, Issue 1)<\/a><\/p>\n

MIGRATION AND SOCIETY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Advances in Research<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWindrush Generation\u201d and \u201cHostile Environment\u201d: Symbols and Lived Experiences in Caribbean Migration to the UK<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Huon Wardle and Laura Obermuller (Vol. 2)<\/a><\/p>\n

REGIONS AND COHESION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The cohesive and revitalizing nature of Maya dance, art, and oral history<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Allison D. Krogstad (Vol. 4, Issue 1)<\/a><\/p>\n

SIBIRICA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Interdisciplinary Journal of Siberian Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n

Osuokhai, The Yakut Circle Dance<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Angelina Lukina (Vol. 17, Issue 3)<\/a><\/p>\n

SOCIAL ANALYSIS <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The International Journal of Anthropology<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Ritual Experience of Continuity: Flow and Participation in Punu Twin Dancing<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Carine Plancke (Vol. 56, Issue 3)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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