Dancing from the Heart Movement Gender and Cook Islands Globalization 1st Edition by Kalissa Alexeyeff ISBN 0824832442 978-0824832445

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ISBN 10: 0824832442 

ISBN 13: 978-0824832445

Author: Kalissa Alexeyeff

Dancing from the Heart is the first study of gender, globalization, and expressive culture in the Cook Islands. It demonstrates how dance in particular plays a key role in articulating the overlapping local, regional, and transnational agendas of Cook Islanders. Kalissa Alexeyeff reconfigures conventional views of globalization’s impact on indigenous communities, moving beyond diagnoses of cultural erosion and contamination to a grounded exploration of creative agency and vital cultural production. Central to the study is a rich and textured ethnographic account of contemporary Cook Islands dance practice. Based on fieldwork, in-depth interviews, and archival research, it offers an engrossing analysis of how Cook Islands social life is generated through expressive practices. Dance is explored in a variety of settings, including beauty pageants, tourist venues, nightclubs and community celebrations at home and within Cook Islands communities abroad.
Contemporary Cook Islands dance practices are also shaped by competing ideas about the past. Debates about precolonial traditions, missionization, and colonialism pervade discussions about dance and expressive culture. Alexeyeff shows how the politics of tradition reflect the competing moral, political, personal, and economic practices of postcolonial Cook Islanders. Throughout the work the stories and voices of individuals are brought to the fore. Their views are juxtaposed with scholarship on tradition, modernity, and social dynamics.
Engaging and accessible, Dancing from the Heart illuminates specific and intimate aspects of Cook Islands social life while, at the same time, addressing fundamental questions within anthropology and indigenous, performance, and postcolonial studies.

Table of contents: 

1.ON THE BEACH: AN INTRODUCTION (pp. 1-28)

• Introduces contemporary Cook Islands dance and its role in expressing cultural, social, and economic identities. Dance serves as a bridge between local traditions and global influences, while also reflecting gendered perspectives.

2. ‘ARE KARIOI, HOUSES OF ENTERTAINMENT: DANCE IN HISTORY (pp. 29-56)

• Explores the historical context of Cook Islands dance, focusing on the 1992 Sixth Festival of Pacific Arts. The event led to the construction of the National Culture Centre, which preserves cultural heritage and performing arts.

3. THE POLITICS OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE (pp. 57-83)

• Analyzes debates around the commercialization of dance through tourism. Opinions on preserving or adapting traditions are often divided along generational lines, especially between young artists and older generations.

4. SHY GIRLS AND SHOW-OFFS: DANCING LOCAL VALUES (pp. 84-106)

• Examines the role of women in Cook Islands dance, where femininity becomes a symbol of cultural identity and national pride.

5. PARAMOUNT QUEENS: FEMININITY AND GLOBAL/LOCAL DISSONANCE (pp. 107-124)

• Investigates the intersection of global and local influences through events like the 1998 Drag Queen Competition, highlighting dance’s role in shaping gender perceptions and modernity.

6. OUTING: DANCING AFTER DARK (pp. 125-146)

 

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