{"product_id":"moving-historydancing-cultures-a-dance-history-reader-9780819564122","title":"Moving History\/Dancing Cultures: A Dance History Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis new collection of essays surveys the history of dance in an innovative and wide-ranging fashion. Editors Dils and Albright address the current dearth of comprehensive teaching material in the dance history field through the creation of a multifaceted  non-linear  yet well-structured and comprehensive survey of select moments in the development of both American and World dance. This book is illustrated with over 50 photographs  and would make an ideal text for undergraduate classes in dance ethnography  criticism or appreciation  as well as dance history--particularly those with a cross-cultural  contemporary  or an American focus.  The reader is organized into four thematic sections which allow for varied and individualized course use: Thinking about Dance History: Theories and Practices  World Dance Traditions  America Dancing  and Contemporary Dance: Global Contexts. The editors have structured the readings with the understanding that contemporary theory has thoroughly questioned the discursive construction of history and the resultant canonization of certain dances  texts and points of view. The historical readings are presented in a way that encourages thoughtful analysis and allows the opportunity for critical engagement with the text.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67929897566261,"sku":"ByrdShop_0819564125","price":669.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780819564122.jpg?v=1794200346","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/moving-historydancing-cultures-a-dance-history-reader-9780819564122","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}