Dancing Across Borders: The American Fascination with Exotic Dance Forms

by Anthony Shay (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2008

  $24.66

  Describes and analyzes the phenomenal popularity of exotic dance forms among mainstream Americans. This study examines the ways in which ethnic dancing has allowed many Americans to create exciting and romantic identities through dancing the dances of the exotic other, if only within the framed moment of a one-time dance lesson or performance.