Presenting seven examples from Africa, Southeast Asia, Melanesia and Oceania, this study attempts to further the anthropological understanding of dance's social

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the publi

Considers the way that the comparsas, Peruvian dance troupes, exert influence on Peruvian society and hasten social change. Contains several excerpts of compars

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.