World dance cultures : from ritual to spectacle /
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| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2018.
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Table of Contents:
- India : devotion, dance, and mythology
- Bali and Java : from temple, to village, to court
- Cambodia and China : dance as a political tool
- Japanese noh, kabuki, and butoh : entertaining samurai, merchants, and rebels
- Hawai'i, Aotearoa/New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea : guardians of culture
- Africa : fertility festivals, death ceremonies, and ancestor worship
- North Africa, Turkey, and Spain : healing, worship, and expression
- Native America, the Caribbean, and South America : resistance, spirituality, and spectacle.