Beyond Mimicry: Black-American Street Dance, Global Commodification, and the Negotiation of Taiwanese Identity through Street Dance and Hip Hop Culture

Abstract

This paper studies the ways in which a Black Cultural Art forms such as Street Dance gets transformed on a global stage. This paper explores the ways in which Taiwanese Indigenous communities utilize Street Dance to explore their own identity. This paper also explores the ways in which the global commodification of Street dance impact Taiwanese dancers.