Balkan Fascination

Penulis: Mirjana Lausevic
Penerbit: Oxford University Press
Tebal halaman: 299
ISBN: 019517867X, 9780195178678

Buku ini terbagi ke dalam empat bagian, yang secara garis besar membahas tentang periode-periode sejarah perkembangan tarian rakyat internasional. Bagian I, "Ethnography of the Balkan Music Scene", memuat tentang profil masyarakat Balkan era kekinian dan tentang perkemahan-perkemahan Balkan sebagai pusat perkembangan tarian. Bagian II, "Folk Dancing and Turn-of-the-Century America", membahas tentang berbagai kegunaan tarian rakyat di daerah permukiman dan bagi pendidikan jasmani dan rekreasi. Bagian III, "International Dancing Folk Dancing from the 1930s to 1950s", memperbincangkan munculnya gerakan independen "tarian rakyat internasional". Bagian IV, "The 1950s and Beyond", membicarakan tentang "Balkan craze" tarian rakyat internasional dan perkembangan lebih lanjut dari musik dan tarian khas Balkan.

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Macedonia

Authors: Harvey Pekar, Heather Roberson, Ed Piskor

Publisher: Villard, 2007

ISBN 0345498992, 9780345498991

161 pages

For years Heather Roberson, a passionate peace activist, has argued that war can always be avoided. But she has repeatedly faced counterarguments that fighting is an inescapable consequence of world conflicts. Indeed, Heather finds proving her point to be a little tricky without examples to bolster her case. So she does something a little crazy: She sets out for far-off Macedonia, a landlocked country north of Greece and west of Bulgaria, to explore a region that has edged–repeatedly–close to the brink of violence, only to refrain.

In the process–and as vividly portrayed by the talented duo of Harvey Pekar and Ed Piskor–Heather is tangled in red tape, ripped off by cabdrivers and hotel clerks, hit on by creepy guys, secretly photographed, and mistaken for a spy. She also creates unlikely friendships, learns that getting lost means seeing something new, and makes some startling discoveries. War is hell and peace is difficult–but conflict is always necessary.

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