The Irish Dancing: Cultural Politics and Identities, 1900-2000 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781782050414)

Partly thematic, partly chronological, this account of dance in Ireland emerges out of a broader interest in the body in society as well as in the construction of national and gender identities. It comprises seven chapters each of which addresses a particular form of cultural identity.



These include national, ethnic, gender, social class, postmodern and global identities. It is structured in such a way that many of the chapters are devoted to a specific identity formation while issues of gender and social class are interwoven into most chapters.



Underpinning the discussion throughout is the assumption that dance both reflects and produces the social, cultural and politic contexts within which it is performed and represented. This is so because bodily movement including dance reflects societal structures, norms and values as attested to by sociologists and dance scholars alike.



Interwoven into the dance narrative, therefore, is the flow of Irish society over this time; a flow that incorporates social stability and social change, tradition and modernity, men and women, rural and urban, as well as the local, the national and the global.

Author: Barbara O'Connor
ISBN-10: 1782050418
ISBN-13: 9781782050414
Publisher: Cork University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/31/2013
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.00w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2014