'Dancing class': Schooling the dance in colonial and post-colonial Hong Kong

Sport, Education and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-92

  Vertinsky, Patricia ^a   McManus, Alison ^b   Sit, Cindy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Colonialism; Dance education; Embodied practices; Hong Kong; Identity; Post colonialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845799061     PISSN: 13573322     EISSN: 14701243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13573320601081575     Document Type: Article

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