Human Action Signs in Cultural Context
The Visible and the Invisible in Movement and Dance
Seiten
1995
Scarecrow Press (Verlag)
978-0-8108-4033-1 (ISBN)
Scarecrow Press (Verlag)
978-0-8108-4033-1 (ISBN)
Leading scholars in the anthropology of dance and human movement come together to provide a rich sample of their work. Contains ethnographies and in-depth commentary together with a critical examination of several fundamental philosophical and theoretical issues.
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.
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.
Brenda Farnell is a visiting assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Iowa. She also serves as a co-editor of the Journal for the Anthropological Study of Human Movement (JASHM).
Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
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Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 137 x 214 mm |
Gewicht | 417 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8108-4033-2 / 0810840332 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8108-4033-1 / 9780810840331 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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