World Dance Cultures by Patricia Leigh Beaman - 9781032044941

Name: World Dance Cultures by Patricia Leigh Beaman - 9781032044941
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Taylor & Francis Ltd

World Dance CulturesFrom Ritual to Spectacle\nAuthor(s): Patricia Leigh Beaman\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032044941, 978-1032044941\nSynopsis\nFrom healing, fertility, and religious rituals, through theatrical entertainment, to death ceremonies and ancestor worship, the updated and revised second edition of World Dance Cultures introduces an extraordinary variety of dance forms and their cultures, which are practiced around the world.\n\nThis highly illustrated textbook draws on wide-ranging historical documentation and first-hand accounts taking in India, Bali, Java, Cambodia, China, Japan, Hawaii, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Africa, Trkiye, Spain, Native America, South America, and the Caribbean, with this second edition adding new chapters on the Pacific Islands, Southern Africa, France, and Cuba.\n\nEach chapter covers a certain regions distinctive dances, pinpoints key issues and trends from the fo.