Global Tarantella: Reinventing Southern Italian Folk Music and Dances

by Incoronata Inserra

Tarantella, a genre of Southern Italian folk music and dance, is an international phenomenon--seen and heard in popular festivals, performed across the Italian diaspora, even adapted for New Age spiritual practices. The boom in popularity has diversified tarantella in practice while setting it within a host of new, unexpected contexts. Incoronata Inserra ventures into the history, global circulation, and recontextualization of this fascinating genre...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252082834
• ISBN13: 9780252082832
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"