Dance and the Body Politic in Northern Greece

by Jane K. Cowan

Book Overview

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. Here Jane Cowan explores how the politics of gender is articulated through the body at these culturally central, yet until now ethnographically neglected, celebrations in a class-divided northern Greek town. Portraying the dance-event as both a highly structured and dynamic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691028540
• ISBN13: 9780691028545
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"