Human Action Signs in Cultural Context: The Visible and the Invisible in Movement and Dance - Softcover

Farnell, Brenda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0810840332 ISBN 13: 9780810840331

Verlag: Scarecrow Press, 1995

Inhaltsangabe

Despite the tremendous multi-disciplinary upsurge of interest in "the body" of late, little or no attention has been given to the moving body or rather, the moving person, a situation that is remedied by this book. For the first time, leading scholars in the anthropology of dance and human movement come together to provide a rich sample of their current work, introducing theories and methods that move well beyond the more familiar "proxemic" and "kinesic" approaches to body movement and space.

Part 1 consists of ethnographic studies as diverse as Hawaiian dance and poetry, Tai Chi Chuan, Ballet and the Roman Catholic Mass, Australian Aboriginal sign language, Plains Indians sign language, and African-American movement performance. Part 2 complements this ethnographic richness by providing an in-depth commentary, together with a critical examination of several fundamental philosophical and theoretical issues that have been raised.

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Brenda Farnell

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Scarecrow Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0810840332
• ISBN 13: 9780810840331
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 318
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