Beschreibung:
Paul Schauert is a lecturer in Ethnomusicology at Oakland University (Michigan).
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of PURL Audio and Video FilesIntroduction: Crossing Crocodiles and Staging Ethnography1. Beyond Ethnicity, Beyond Ghana: Staging and Embodying African Personality2. Dancing Essences: Sensational Staging and the Cosmopolitan Politics of Authentication3. Soldiers of Culture: Discipline, Artistry, and Alternative Education4. Speak to the Wind: Staging the State and Performing Indirection5. "We are the Originals!": A Tale of Two Troupes and the Birth of Contemporary Dance in Ghana6. Politics of Personality: Creativity, Competition, and Self-Expression within a Unitary MatrixConclusion: Dancing Between Self, State, and NationNotesReferences and BibliographyIndex