In Balkan Fascination, ethnomusicologist Mirjana Lausevic, a native of the Balkans, investigates this remarkable phenomenon to explore why so many Americans actively participate in specific Balkan cultural practices to which they have no familial or ethnic connection.
In Balkan Fascination, ethnomusicologist Mirjana Lausevic, a native of the Balkans, investigates this remarkable phenomenon to explore why so many Americans actively participate in specific Balkan cultural practices to which they have no familial or ethnic connection.
Mirjana Lausevic (1966-2007) was Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. She came to the United States from her native Sarajevo in 1991, where she was a musician, ethnomusicologist, and music commentator on Bosnian radio and television.
Inhaltsangabe
* Introduction * Part I: Ethnography of the Balkan Music and Dance Scene * Chapter 1: The "Balkanites" * Chapter 2: Why Balkan? * Part II: Folk Dancing and Turn of the Century America * Chapter 3: Folk Dancing and the Settlement Movement * Chapter 4: Folk Dancing and the Physical Education and Recreation Movements * Part III: International Folk Dancing Between the 1930s and 1950s * Chapter 5: Dance and Be Merry * Chapter 6: Emergence of the New Folk Dance Leaders: Vytautas Beliajus, Song Chang, Michael Herman * Chapter 7: Folk Dance as a National Trend * Part IV: 1950s and Beyond * Chapter 8: International Folk Dance and the "Balkan Craze" * Chapter 9: The Rise of Balkan Scene * Conclusion * Appendix: Sample Questionnaire * Bibliography * Index * Key to Selections on Companion Website: Video and Audio
* Introduction * Part I: Ethnography of the Balkan Music and Dance Scene * Chapter 1: The "Balkanites" * Chapter 2: Why Balkan? * Part II: Folk Dancing and Turn of the Century America * Chapter 3: Folk Dancing and the Settlement Movement * Chapter 4: Folk Dancing and the Physical Education and Recreation Movements * Part III: International Folk Dancing Between the 1930s and 1950s * Chapter 5: Dance and Be Merry * Chapter 6: Emergence of the New Folk Dance Leaders: Vytautas Beliajus, Song Chang, Michael Herman * Chapter 7: Folk Dance as a National Trend * Part IV: 1950s and Beyond * Chapter 8: International Folk Dance and the "Balkan Craze" * Chapter 9: The Rise of Balkan Scene * Conclusion * Appendix: Sample Questionnaire * Bibliography * Index * Key to Selections on Companion Website: Video and Audio
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