Fire dancers in Thailand's tourism industry : art, affect, and labor / Tiffany Rae Pollock.
| Author/creator | Pollock, Tiffany Rae author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Ithaca [New York] : Southeast Asia Program Publications, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2024. |
| Copyright Date | ©2024 |
| Description | vii, 173 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Transforming fire dance surfaces -- The energy of artists -- Feeling art and the labor of sharing -- The affinitive labor of freedom -- The everyday comfort of practice -- Striving on Koh Phi Phi -- Fire dance femininities -- Feeling together. |
| Abstract | "An ethnography of fire dancers in Thailand's tourism industry that highlights how dancers employ affect to fulfill tourists' imaginaries and to negotiate the precarity and possibilities of touristic labor. Tracing affect through performance and everyday life, the book examines how dancers reimagine their labor and lives"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Pollock, Tiffany Rae. Fire dancers in Thailand's tourism industry. Ithaca [New York] : Southeast Asia Program Publications, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2024 9781501774942 |
| LCCN | 2023045584 |
| ISBN | 9781501774935 |
| ISBN | 9781501774928 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1501774921 hardcover |
| ISBN | 150177493X paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
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