Buch, Englisch, 196 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 286 g
Buch, Englisch, 196 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 286 g
Reihe: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
ISBN: 978-1-03-201134-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
In this book, Melin Levent Yuna questions why a dance that appears to publicly represent an erotic relationship finds space to expand and increase dramatically in the number of contemporary Turkish Muslim tango dancers, particularly during a conservative rule. Even during the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, tango dance classes, gatherings, and messages flourished on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Zoom. Urban Turkey and its tango dance performances provide one symbol and example of how neoliberal capitalism could go hand in hand with conservatism by becoming a bridge between Europe and the Middle East. This study largely focuses on the dancers’ perspective while presenting the policies of Erdogan. It presents the social characteristics of the tango dancers, the meanings they attach to their bodies and their dance as well as what this dance reflects about them – besides the policies of the Justice and Development Party. The book approaches the tango dance and its dancing body in terms of layers of meaning systems in a neoliberal and conservative context.
This study will be of great interest to students and scholars in dance, anthropology, cultural studies, and performance studies.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Tanz Ballett, Modern Dance
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
- Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Tanz Geschichte des Tanzes
- Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft
Weitere Infos & Material
Preface
Introduction
I Concepts and tools: Contemporary self, identity, class, and more
A Reintroduction
II Leisure, consumption, and class – One mode of being an upper-middle class
III Becoming the conteporary tango dancer: Bailemos el Tango
IV One mode of being an upper – middle class in Istanbul – Bodies, self, and the attached meanings, Part I
V Bodies, self, and the attached meanings, Part II
VI Bodies, self, and the attached meanings, Part III
Conclusion
Index