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Indigenous dance and dancing Indian : contested representation in the global era / Matthew Krystal.

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"Focusing on the enactment of identity in dance, Indigenous Dance and Dancing Indian is a cross-cultural, cross-ethnic, and cross-national comparison of indigenous dance practices."

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Krystal, Matthew (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Louisville, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, 2020.
Edition:First paperback edition.
Subjects:
Indian dance > North America.
Indians of North America > Rites and ceremonies.
Dance > Anthropological aspects > Cross-cultural studies.
Danses des Peuples autochtones > Amérique du Nord.
Danse > Aspect anthropologique > Études transculturelles.
Dance > Anthropological aspects.
Indian dance.
North America.
Cross-cultural studies.
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Introduction. Dance, culture, and identity
  • Representational dance and the problem of authenticity
  • pt. 2. K'iche' Maya traditional dance. Conquest, colonialism, and continuity
  • The dance of the conquest and contested national identity
  • pt. 3. Native American powwow. Origin, change, and continuity in powwow
  • Characteristics, functions, and meanings in contemporary powwow
  • Powwow, self-representation, and multiplicity of identity
  • pt. 4. Folkloric dance. Folkloric dance, modernity, and appropriation
  • Appropriation, round 2 : immigrant folkloric dance
  • Back to the field : indigenous folkloric dance
  • pt. 5. Chiefs, kings, mascots, and martyrs. Dancing Indian in sports : origins and development
  • Chief Illiniwek enacted in ritual and myth
  • Chief Illiniwek contested
  • pt. 6. Conclusion. Dance in comparison
  • Confusions and conclusions.

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