Valuing dance : commodities and gifts in motion / Susan Leigh Foster.
Valuing dance : commodities and gifts in motion / Susan Leigh Foster.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Call Numbers
G 2019/2055
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
1. Dance's Resource-fullness -- 2. Commodifying and Giving -- 3. The Social Life of Dances -- 4. Why Dance?
Publication information
Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2019]
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Summary
Because dance materializes through and for people, because we learn to dance from others and often present dance to others, the moment of its transmission is one of dance's central and defining features. Valuing Dance looks at the occasion when dancing passes from one person to another as an act of exchange, one that is redolent with symbolic meani...
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Valuing dance : commodities and gifts in motion / Susan Leigh Foster.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-243) and index.
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G 2019/2055
Record Identifier
74VKVBgPvLWy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVBgPvLWy
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ISBN
0190933984 paperback alkaline paper
9780190933975 hardcover alkaline paper
0190933976 hardcover alkaline paper
9780190933982 paperback alkaline paper
DDC
306.4846
MMS ID
991024240999402626
