“We only become aware of how much our social dances reflect the
values of our society when we come into contact with a society
whose dances differ greatly from our own” (108). What our text has
shown, for example in the attitude of Captain Cook and his men in
their encounter with various Polynesian peoples, is that when we
encounter the unfamiliar, especially when we have gone into
another’s territory or space, we either treat those we encounter as
“Other,” or we accept that we ourselves are the “Other.” Discuss.
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