{"product_id":"dancing-jewish-jewish-identity-in-american-modern-and-postmodern-dance-paperback-1","title":"Dancing Jewish: Jewish Identity in American Modern and Postmodern Dance - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRebecca Rossen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Jews are commonly referred to as the \"people of the book,\" American Jewish choreographers have consistently turned to dance as a means to articulate personal and collective identities; tangle with stereotypes; advance social and political agendas; and imagine new possibilities for themselves as individuals, artists, and Jews. \u003cem\u003eDancing Jewish\u003c\/em\u003e delineates this rich history, demonstrating that Jewish choreographers have not only been vital contributors to American modern and postmodern dance, but that they have also played a critical and unacknowledged role in the history of Jews in the United States. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA dancer and choreographer, as well as an historian, author Rebecca Rossen offers evocative analyses of dances while asserting the importance of embodied methodologies to academic research. Featuring over fifty images, a companion website, and key works from 1930 to 2005 by a wide range of artists - including David Dorfman, Dan Froot, David Gordon, Hadassah, Margaret Jenkins, Pauline Koner, Dvora Lapson, Liz Lerman, Sophie Maslow, Anna Sokolow, and Benjamin Zemach - \u003cem\u003eDancing Jewish\u003c\/em\u003e offers a comprehensive framework for interpreting performance and establishes dance as a crucial site in which American Jews have grappled with cultural belonging, personal and collective histories, and the values that bind and pull them apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRebecca Rossen\u003c\/strong\u003e, Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre and Dance, The University of Texas at Austin\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42040368431184,"sku":"9780199791774","price":102.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/bDVld3lPMUtYQWppUXR6NDVRYnNkZz09_35c5901c-831a-43c8-b062-aa2cd20e65f4.webp?v=1771842257","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/dancing-jewish-jewish-identity-in-american-modern-and-postmodern-dance-paperback-1","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}