• List of Illustrations
• Preface
• Introduction
• Part one: A Broad View
• The Many Faces of Korean Dance
• Korean Dance Terminology: The Politics of Words
• Dance and Korea’s National Treasure System: A Contemporary Ritual System for Preserving and Constructing Identity
• Part two: A Closer Look
• Ch’oyongmu
• Chinju Kommu
• Movement in Shamanic Contexts: An Inquiry
• Kim Ch’on-hung: Portrait of a Performing Artist Teacher
• Part Three: Beyond Korea’s Shores
• Ch’oe Sung-hui: A Korean Dancer in the United States
• Korean Dance in Hawai’i : Immigrant Issues and Cultural Ownership
• Afterword
• Appendixes
