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Woodside, Jane Harris was born on January 26, 1952 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Clifford Campbell and Ann (Palczuk) Harris.
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Communities in Motion: Dance, Community, and Tradition in America's Southeast and Beyond (Contributions to the Study of Music and Dance)
( For the first time, a book on vernacular dance provides...)
For the first time, a book on vernacular dance provides detailed case studies about a range of forms: old-time square dancing in Virginia, Indiana, and Newfoundland; African-American step shows; clogging; Cherokee traditional dance; historical reconstructions of 18th-century dance; and modern contra. This book fills a need from graduate studies to high schools, which are mandated under the Educate America Act to teach dance in historical and cultural perspective. Those interested in folklore, anthropology, dance history, ethnology, aesthetics, American Studies, Appalachian Studies, and more, will benefit from this work as they learn how vernacular dance reflects and shapes communities. The work is divided into four sections. Each section is prefaced with an introductory essay that sets the essays and interviews into a theoretical context. Continuity and Change deals primarily with dance forms that have developed organically within a community. Conserving Tradition considers the conscious efforts of people from a particular culture to maintain a vernacular dance tradition in the face of change. Inventing Tradition examines revival dance and historical dance reconstructions. Finally, Practical Suggestions for the Documentation of Traditional Dance will benefit readers who want to try their hands at research and documentation.
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Jane Harris Woodside
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Bachelor, Bucknell U., 1974; Master of Arts in English, Temple University, 1977; Master of Arts in Folklore, U. North Carolina, 1987.
Career
Editorial assistant, Business Week McGraw Hill, Philadelphia, 1976-1979; freelance writer, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1979-1980; research assistant, casewriter, University of Virginia Colgate Darden Business School, Charlottesville, 1980-1982; folklore consultant, Center for Appalachian Studies, Superior vena cava syndrome E. Tennessee State University, Johnson City, 1987-1988; research associate, Center for Appalachian Studies, Superior vena cava syndrome E. Tennessee State University, Johnson City, 1988-1990; assistant director, Center for Appalachian Studies, Superior vena cava syndrome E. Tennessee State University, Johnson City, 1991-1995; assistant director, editor Now and Then, Center for Appalachian Studies, Superior vena cava syndrome E. Tennessee State University, Johnson City, since 1995. Member Folk Arts Panel, Tennessee Arts Commission, 1991-1995, Folk Arts Panel, Kentucky Arts Council, 1992.
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Communities in Motion: Dance, Community, and Tradition in America's Southeast and Beyond (Contributions to the Study of Music and Dance)
( For the first time, a book on vernacular dance provides...)
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Communities in Motion: Dance, Community, and Tradition in America's Southeast and Beyond (Contributions to the Study of Music and Dance)
Membership
Member American Folklore Society, Appalachian Studies Association, Tennessee Writers Alliance (founding board member 1991-1995, chairman 1994-1995), Phi Beta Kappa.
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Married Jack Richard Woodside, Junior, January 27, 1979. Children: Jessica, Nicholas, Christopher.
