The day the dancers stayed : performing in the Filipino-American diaspora / Theodore S. Gonzalves.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gonzalves, Theodore S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folklore--Performance--Philippines.

Folklore.

Folk dancing, Philippine.

Folk music--Philippines.

Folk music.

National characteristics, Philippine.

Filipino Americans--History.

Filipino Americans.

Filipino Americans--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 215 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pilipino Cultural Nights at American campuses have been a rite of passage for youth culture and a source of local community pride since the 1980's. Through performances-and parodies of them-these celebrations of national identity through music, dance, and theatrical narratives reemphasize what it means to be Filipino American. In The Day the Dancers Stayed, scholar and performer Theodore Gonzalves uses interviews and participant observer techniques to consider the relationship between the invention of performance repertoire and the development of diasporic identification.

Contents:

Contents; 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 Filipino 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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786612311017

9781282311015

1282311018

9781592137305

159213730X

OCLC:

489150745

Publisher Number:

heb40330 hdl