Rebecca Rossen

Dancing Jewish

Jewish Identity in American Modern and Postmodern Dance

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Jewish choreographers have not only been vital contributors to American modern and postmodern dance, but they have also played a critical and unacknowledged role in American Jewish culture. This book delineates this rich history, demonstrating how, over the twentieth century, dance enabled American Jews to grapple with identity, difference, cultural belonging, and pride.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 525g
• ISBN-13: 9780199791774
• ISBN-10: 0199791775
• Artikelnr.: 40101971

Autorenporträt

Assistant Professor, Department of Theater and Dance, The University of Texas at Austing

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Prelude: Make Me a Jewish Dance
Act I: Dancing the Jew
Chapter 1: The Dancing Jew(ess): Ethnic Ambiguity and Hasidic Drag
Chapter 2: Biblical Heroines and Anti-Heroines
Chapter 3: The Jewish Man and His Dancing Shtick
Entr'acte: Make Me a Jewish Dance
Act II: Dancing Jewish
Chapter 4: Dancing Folk: Jewish Memory and Amnesia
Chapter 5: Dancing Zionism, Embodying Conflict
Conclusion: Dancing Jewish, Dancing American
Curtain Call: Dance Me My Jewish Dance
Bibliography
Index