Gossip and the Everyday Production of Politics |
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| Author:
| Besnier, Niko |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8248-3338-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2009 |
| Publisher: | University of Hawaii Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $49.00 |
Book Description:
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Dancing from the Heart is the first study of gender, globalization, and expressive culture in the Cook Islands. It demonstrates how dance in particular plays a key role in articulating the overlapping local, regional, and transnational agendas of Cook Islanders. Kalissa Alexeyeff reconfigures conventional views of globalization's impact on indigenous communities, moving beyond diagnoses of cultural erosion and contamination to a grounded exploration of creative agency and vital...
More DescriptionDancing from the Heart is the first study of gender, globalization, and expressive culture in the Cook Islands. It demonstrates how dance in particular plays a key role in articulating the overlapping local, regional, and transnational agendas of Cook Islanders. Kalissa Alexeyeff reconfigures conventional views of globalization's impact on indigenous communities, moving beyond diagnoses of cultural erosion and contamination to a grounded exploration of creative agency and vital cultural production. Book jacket.