Encircling the dance : social mobility through the transformation of performance in urban Senegal

This thesis looks at the social significance of dance in Dakar, Senegal, both as an everyday practice and as a performing art. The boundaries commonly drawn between stage and mundane performance are shown to be irrelevant, as people circulate between performance spaces and dance forms. The dance its...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Neveu Kringelbach, Hélène
Other Authors: Parkin, David
Published: University of Oxford 2005
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.422482