Theodore S. Gonzalves

The Day the Dancers Stayed: Performing in the Filipino/American Diaspora

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Produktbeschreibung

A rite of passage for Filipino American college students, Filipino Cultural Night challenges official accounts of the past

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Temple University Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 145mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9781592137282
• ISBN-10: 1592137288
• Artikelnr.: 26837020

Autorenporträt

Theodore S. Gonzalves is Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments 
Prologue 
Introduction 
1. The Art of the State: Inventing Philippine Folkloric Forms (Manila,
1934) 
2. “Take It from the People”: Dancing Diplomats and Cultural Authenticity
(Brussels, 1958) 
3. Dancing into Oblivion: The Pilipino Cultural Night (Los Angeles, 1983) 
4. Repetitive Motion: The Mechanics of Reverse Exile (San Francisco, 1993) 
5. Making a Mockery of Everything We Hold True and Dear: Exploring Parody
with Tongue in a Mood’s PCN Salute (San Francisco, 1997) 
Conclusion 
Epilogue: Memoria 
Notes 
Bibliography 
Index