DANCING CULTURES Edited by He´le`ne N. Kringelbach, and Jonathan Skinner. Berghahn Books (www.berghahnbooks.com) 2012, viii+228 pages (figures, index), £56.00 Pbk. ISBN: 978-0-85745-575-8. Rui Su Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom The central premise of this volume is that ‘‘there is a close relationship between dance and social change’’ (p. 2). Dance not only reflects social change, it contrib- utes to social changes through live performances and the evolving experiences as a part of their lives of performers. One of the objectives of this volume is ‘‘to dem- onstrate that a focus on dance has the potential to reveal domains of individual experience and social life that remain hidden from view in an exclusive focus on the verbal’’ (p. 2). In order to achieve this objective, the volume applies an anthro- pological perspective on dance from four directions: philosophical approaches to movement and power, studies of folklore in continental Europe, the perspective of linguistic analysis, and main trends in wider anthropological themes. These four approaches offer a range of disciplinary views in order to understand the interac- tion between people, dance, and social practice. This book is divided into three themes: dance and globalization; tourism, social transformation, and dance; and dance, identity, and nation. All these help in locality the interplay between dance and tourism. Kingelbach and Skinner show a very good theoretical understanding of dancing cultures and social development, and they provide a comprehensive discussion of different dances in different cultural contexts. Based on an extensive literature and a wider geographical range of case studies, the editors argue that globalization is an important in influencing on dancing commoditization, examining this from individual experience, organizational management, and transnational perspec- tives. In order to become competitive in the global marketplace, dance has to take into account different perspectives as well as different technologies and marketing strategies. Part One, ‘‘Dance and Globalization’’, explores how individual experi- ence becomes part of people’s lives for three different types of dance: Jive dance and globalization, ballet dance in the transnational market, and pizzica dance and national identity. Consideration is given to the different perspectives from anthropological studies that are appropriate to different types of dance and various specific dancing contexts. Another focus of the book is on how dance tourism can enhance the partici- pants’ experience for both tourists and the local community. The production and consumption of dance and musical performances can provide authentic expe- rience and also can enhance engagement. Part Two, ‘‘Tourism, Social Transforma- tion, and the Dance’’, demonstrates how dance is one way to represent meaning, image, or even the interactions between power and knowledge in social transfor- mation, within different tourist destinations. The case of the Tayuban dance, a tra- ditional cultural dance in rural Java, is used to illustrate the participant experience Annals of Tourism Research, Vol. 42, pp. 451–453, 2013 Printed in Great Britain Publications in review / Annals of Tourism Research 42 (2013) 443–453 451