National Erotica, The Politics of “Traditional” Dance in Tanzania
- 1 March 2001
- journal article
- Published by MIT Press in TDR: The Drama Review
- Vol. 45 (1) , 153-170
- https://doi.org/10.1162/105420401300079103
Abstract
In Tanzania, a tension exists between the persistence of the “primi-tive” and “erotic” stereotype of African performance and the emergent means of representing culture and gender on the dance stage. This tension leads to a complex process of inventing, counterinventing, and reinventing tradition.Keywords
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