Glocal Bodies : : Dancers in Exile and Politics of Place: A Critical Study of Contemporary Iranian Dance / / Elaheh Hatami.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2022 Part 2
• VerfasserIn: Hatami, Elaheh,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: TanzScripte ; 62
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (202 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction: Background, Objective, and Methodology --; Chapter 1. Dance: A Dilemma in Iranian Art --; Chapter 2. Exile at Home: The Imposition of Outsider Status on Dancers and Dance within Iran --; Chapter 3. Moving toward External Exile: Iranian Dance and Dancers Cast out of their Homeland --; Chapter 4. Change of Perspective: Becoming Contemporary through Tradition and Experiment --; Chapter 5. Transformation and Reconnection to Home --; Conclusion --; List of Figures --; Works Cited --; Online Resources
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783839460801; 9783110767001; 9783110993899; 9783110994810; 9783110993752; 9783110993738; 9783111025094; 9783110768510
• DOI: 10.1515/9783839460801?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Elaheh Hatami.

This book is a critical study of Iranian dance and the works of Iranian-American female dancers in exile. Focusing on the study of contemporary Iranian dance through analysis of the choreographies of three female dancers in diaspora (namely Aisan Hoss, Shahrzad Khorsandi, and Banafsheh Sayyad), this research is among the first of its kind. Elaheh Hatami investigates the transformation of professional Iranian dance and discusses the role of relocation and displacement in its performance. She argues that Iranian dance and Iranian female dancers have always been in exile - not only in a physical sense, but also in the metaphorical sense of ›exile‹ implying foreignness, exclusion, and marginalization.