Urbanidade eacute; uma propriedade que endereccedil;a o coraccedil;atilde;o da vida urbana e suas condiccedil;otilde;es. Parece tatilde;o elusiva e difiacute;cil de entender quanto a proacute;pria cidade (e como poderia ser diferente?). Por seu poder evocativo; parece convidar agrave; construccedil;atilde;o de conceitos que correspondam agrave;s qualidades e aspectos que reconhecemos na cidade; ao mesmo tempo em que parece resistir tenazmente a esforccedil;os de definiccedil;atilde;o.O presente livro traz as contribuiccedil;otilde;es de um grupo de pesquisadores engajados na discussatilde;o da urbanidade; das formas de capturaacute;-la teoricamente e metodologicamente ndash; e da proacute;pria possibilidade de sua captura e entendimento.
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Review
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Email to author from Dr. Jerry Duke (posted with permission)By Erica NielsenDear Erica;I just read most of your book and I am impressed with your research; organization; and writing style. It is very comfortable to read and covers a variety of folk dance styles. I have read many folk dance books. This is one of the best.Jerry Duke; Ph.D.; retired Professor of Dance Ethnology and former Chair of the Dance Department at San Francisco State University0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Excellent!By Catherine BennettGiven as a gift. Excellent!3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. A mirror of American social lifeBy R HoustonNot the usual dance "cookbook;" Ericas book relates what we know as folk dancing to the larger American dance scene and; for those who can see it; to American social life. Her book will surprise and teach you; no matter how long or how widely you have danced.Erica conducted wide-ranging research into primary and secondary historical sources. She thereby firmly grounded the folk dance movement in the context of the 19th and 20th century physical education movement; the playgrounds and recreation movement; Henry Fords dance revival movement; the womens education movement; and the waves of immigration that enriched Americas shores.Fast forward 25 years: Erica also describes the splintering of the folk dance movement into square dance; contra dance; Balkan dance; and other specializations; just as American society has splintered and specialized.People naturally and frequently ask us; "Where did folk dancing come from? When did folk dancing start?" Erica has provided the most comprehensive answer to those questions; yet.--The Society of Folk Dance Historians (sofdh at org)
