Dance and the body politic in northern Greece / Jane K. Cowan.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton modern Greek studiesPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1990.Description: xv, 252 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0691094497 (alk. paper)
  • 9780691094496
  • 0691028540 (pbk.: alk. paper)
  • 9780691028545 (pbk.: alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 20 793.319495 COW
LOC classification:
  • GV1588.6 .C69 1990
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Contents:
INTRODUCTION Entering the Dance -- CHAPTER ONE Place, Distinctions, Identities -- CHAPTER TWO Gender, Household, and Community -- CHAPTER THREE Everyday Sociability as Gendered Practice -- CHAPTER FOUR Dancing Signs: Deciphering the Body in Wedding Celebrations -- CHAPTER FIVE The Orchestration of Association in Formal Evening Dances -- CHAPER SIX Male Prestige and the Eruption of Conflict -- CHAPTER SEVEN Ambivalent pleasures: dance as a problem for women -- CHAPTER EIGHT Aphrodite's Tables: Breakdown, Blame, and Female Sexuality -- CHAPTER NINE Because of the Dance.
Summary: "Valued for their sensual and social intensity, Greek dance-events are often also problematical for participants, giving rise to struggles over position, prestige, and reputation. This book explores how the politics of gender is articulated through the body at these culturally central celebrations in a class-divided northern Greek town." -- WorldCat
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-244).

INTRODUCTION Entering the Dance -- CHAPTER ONE Place, Distinctions, Identities -- CHAPTER TWO Gender, Household, and Community -- CHAPTER THREE Everyday Sociability as Gendered Practice -- CHAPTER FOUR Dancing Signs: Deciphering the Body in Wedding Celebrations -- CHAPTER FIVE The Orchestration of Association in Formal Evening Dances -- CHAPER SIX Male Prestige and the Eruption of Conflict -- CHAPTER SEVEN Ambivalent pleasures: dance as a problem for women -- CHAPTER EIGHT Aphrodite's Tables: Breakdown, Blame, and Female Sexuality -- CHAPTER NINE Because of the Dance.

"Valued for their sensual and social intensity, Greek dance-events are often also problematical for participants, giving rise to struggles over position, prestige, and reputation. This book explores how the politics of gender is articulated through the body at these culturally central celebrations in a class-divided northern Greek town." -- WorldCat

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