The Economy of West African Dance in Italy
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Brazzale, C. 2014. The Economy of West African Dance in Italy. Congress on Research in Dance. 2014, pp. 27-31. https://doi.org/10.1017/cor.2014.4
Authors | Brazzale, C. |
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Abstract | Over the past decade, so-called African dance has become increasingly popular in Italy, growing in tandem with local West African diasporic communities and the national concern over immigration. Although the circulation of African dance provides West African migrants with an important form of self-identification and subsistence, it often revolves around problematic discourses rooted on the myth and romance with the primitive. Constructing and capitalizing on the fetishization of black bodies, African dance mobilizes complex economies of desire that rest on an orientalist fascination with the Other. While these economies reify racist stereotypes, they also enable significant communities of knowledge and interracial encounters. |
Journal | Congress on Research in Dance |
Journal citation | 2014, pp. 27-31 |
ISSN | 2049-1255 |
Year | 2014 |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Anyone |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1017/cor.2014.4 |
Web address (URL) | https://doi.org/10.1017/cor.2014.4 |
Publication dates | |
23 Sep 2014 | |
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Deposited | 21 Jan 2020 |
Copyright holder | © Claudia Brazzale 2013 |
Copyright information | This article has been published in a revised form in Congress on Research in Dance https://doi.org/10.1017/cor.2014.4. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution or re-use. |
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