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

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2022 Part 2
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Place / Publishing House:Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:TanzScripte ; 62
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Physical Description:1 online resource (202 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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