Dancing at the Crossroads
by Wulff, HelenaFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2007-12-05
Publisher(s): Berghahn Books
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Summary
Dancing at the crossroads used to be young peopleA's opportunity to meet and enjoy themselves on mild summer evenings in the countryside in Ireland until this practice was banned by law, the Public Dance Halls Act in 1935. Now a key metaphor in Irish cultural and political life, A'dancing at the crossroadsA' also crystallizes the argument of this book: Irish dance, from Riverdance (the commercial show) and competitive dancing to dance theatre, conveys that Ireland is to be found in a crossroads situation with a firm base in a distinctly Irish tradition which is also becoming a prominent part of European modernity.
Author Biography
Helena Wulff is Associate Professor of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University. Publications include Twenty Girls (Almqvist & Wiksell International, 1988), Ballet across Borders (Berg, 1998), Youth Cultures (co-edited with Vered Amit-Talai, Routledge, 1995), New Technologies at Work (co-edited with Christina Garsten, Berg, 2003). Her research focusses on dance, visual culture, and Ireland.
Table of Contents
| Into the Rhythm of the Dance | p. 1 |
| Tradition Reinvented | p. 17 |
| Memories in Motion | p. 33 |
| The Link to the Land | p. 51 |
| Storytelling Dance | p. 69 |
| Winning the World's | p. 91 |
| The Riverdance Moment | p. 109 |
| Rooted Cosmopolitanism | p. 125 |
| Afterword: Yo-yo Fieldwork | p. 139 |
| Bibliography | p. 147 |
| Index | p. 161 |
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