Dance in the Field: Theory, Methods and Issues in Dance Ethnography

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List of Plates Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction: Reflecting on Dance Ethnography T.J.Buckland PART ONE: THEORETICAL DIMENSIONS The Mystique of Fieldwork A.L.Kaeppler Fieldwork D.Williams Past and Present in Field Research: A Critical History of Personal Experience A.Giurchescu Folk Dance Research in Hungary: Relations Between Theory, Fieldwork and the Archive L.Felfoeldi 'Or Shortly They Would Be Lost Forever': Documenting for Revival and Research E.Bakka PART TWO: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES Capturing the Dancing: How and Why? J.van Zile The Choreographic Notebook : A Dynamic Documentation of the Choreographic Process of Kokuma Dance Theatre, an African-Caribbean Dance Company E.J.Johnson Jones Dance on Film: Strategy and Serendipity F.Hughes-Freeland Madness and Recall: Storied Data on Irish Dancing F.Hall It Takes Two - or More - to Tango: Researching Traditional Music/Dance Interrelations O.Ronstroem It Goes Without Saying - But Not Always B.Farnell PART THREE: POLITICS AND POWER Fieldwork, Politics and Power A.Grau Searching for Branches, Searching for Roots: Fieldwork in my Grandfather's Village A.Nahachewsky 'Outsider' in an 'Inside' World, or Dance Ethnography at Home M.Koutsouba [Re]Constructing Meanings: The Dance Ethnographer as Keeper of the Truth T.J.Buckland Textual Fields: Representation in Dance Ethnography G.Gore Index

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