This exciting new and original collection locates dance within the spectrum of urban life in late modernity, through a range of theoretical perspectives. It highlights a diversity of dance forms and styles that can be witnessed in and around contemporary urban spaces: from dance halls to raves and the club striptease; from set dancing to ballroom dancing, to hip hop and swing, and to ice dance shows; from the ballet class, to fitness aerobics; and 'art' dance which situates itself in a dynamic relation to the city.

This exciting new and original collection locates dance within the spectrum of urban life in late modernity, through a range of theoretical perspectives. It highlights a diversity of dance forms and styles that can be witnessed in and around contemporary urban spaces: from dance halls to raves and the club striptease; from set dancing to ballroom dancing, to hip hop and swing, and to ice dance shows; from the ballet class, to fitness aerobics; and 'art' dance which situates itself in a dynamic relation to the city.

Examines the ways in which Phillips responds to the psychological effects of cultural dispersal, racism and economic exploitation. Highlighting the negotiations between Britain and its previous colonies, this study demonstrates the ways in which Phillips'

Helen Thomas examines the ways in which Caribbean/British novelist and playwright, Caryl Phillips responds both creatively and critically to the psychological effects of cultural dispersal, racism and economic colonial exploitation in particularly in Higher Ground(1989) his panoramic account of the black diaspora which spans 200 years and moves between Africa, The USA and Britain.