Dancing Youth

Hip Hop and Gender in Late Socialist Vietnam
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-8376-5634-3
Verlag: transcript

Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Kartoniert, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 432 g

Reihe: Global Studies

Breaking, popping, locking, waacking, and hip-hop dance are practiced widely in contemporary Vietnam. Considering the dance practices in the larger context of post-socialist transformation, urban restructuring, and changing gender relations, Sandra Kurfürst examines youth's aspirations and desires embodied in dance. Drawing on a rich and diverse range of qualitative data, including interviews, sensory and digital ethnography, she shows how dancers confront social and gender norms while following their passion. As a contribution to area and global studies, the book illuminates the translocal spatialities of hip hop, produced through the circulation of objects and the movement of people.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kurfürst, Sandra

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kunstethnologie, Musikethnologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie

Über Autor(innen)

Kurfürst, Sandra
Sandra Kurfürst is a professor at the Global South Studies Center, University of Cologne. Trained in Southeast Asian Studies and sociology, she received her PhD from the University of Passau. She has conducted extensive field research in Vietnam, particularly Hanoi. Her research focuses on urbanism, gender, media, and communication.

Sandra Kurfürst is a junior professor at the institute of South- and Southeast Asian studies at the University of Cologne.