Curt Sachs Is No Longer Number One! Confronting Chinese Students' Expectations of Essentialist Theorizing in Dance Research

Autor/inn/en	Rowe, Nicholas; Heyang, Tuomeicerin; Wang, Miao; Xiong, Xi; Liu, Yue
Titel	Curt Sachs Is No Longer Number One! Confronting Chinese Students' Expectations of Essentialist Theorizing in Dance Research
Quelle	In: Journal of Dance Education, 22 (2022) 1, S.13-22 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Rowe, Nicholas)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1529-0824
DOI	10.1080/15290824.2020.1744155
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; Dance Education; Mandarin Chinese; Graduate Students; Epistemology; Translation; Scholarship; Western Civilization; History; Periodicals; Research Reports; Comparative Analysis; Cultural Differences; English; German; Anthropology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Dance; Education; Tanzerziehung; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Erkenntnistheorie; Scholarships; Stipendium; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum; Research report; Forschungsbericht; Kultureller Unterschied; English language; Englisch; Deutscher; Anthropologie
Abstract	Chinese postgraduate dance students can be surprised by epistemological expectations when commencing research degrees outside China. This can result from translations into Mandarin of very dated dance scholarship from Europe. Specifically, Curt Sachs' 1933 book "World History of the Dance" continues as a pervasive representation of Western dance scholarship in current dance research published in Mandarin. Within this article we collate key examples of academic literature published in Mandarin during the last twenty years to show how "World History of the Dance" continues to be used to support essentialism in dance research in China. We connect this with critical arguments from international dance scholars, identifying why Sachs' publications from the early 20th century have been rejected within English language academic journals. While this comparative analysis of dance scholarship reveals deep epistemological differences across learning cultures, this paper further evidences how essentialist theories can construct cultural hierarchies in dance. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01