Dancing into being: the Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park and the Laura Dance Festival
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCUHenry, Rosita
Abstract
Focusing on the connection between dance performance and the politics of identity, I explore the problem of human agency and interrogate the concept of a dualistic split between mind and body. I interpret dance as a form of corporeal politics and use the example of dance in two tourist arenas--the Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park and the Laura Dance and Cultural Festival--to illustrate Aboriginal agency in both participating in and resisting structures of state bureaucratic practice, and representations of cultural authenticity.
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1757-6547
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Wiley-Blackwell
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10.1111/j.1835-9310.2000.tb00047.x