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Dancing away an anxious mind : a memoir about overcoming panic disorder / Robert Rand.
Van Pelt Library GV1588.5 .R36 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rand, Robert, 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rand, Robert, 1953-.
- Rand, Robert.
- Dancers--United States--Psychology--Anecdotes.
- Dancers.
- Folk dancing, Cajun--United States--Psychological aspects--Anecdotes.
- Folk dancing, Cajun.
- Psychological aspects.
- Psychology.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 219 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- In this engaging memoir, Robert Rand tells the tale of how through dancing he helped free himself from the grip of panic disorder. Rand was a serious, shy, and intense scholar who had achieved national recognition in a career in writing and radio production. In the midst of his success, panic attacks overwhelmed him. For more than two years, he suffered their debilitating effects; the disease flattened his spirits and stripped him of self-confidence. Then he discovered social dancing, and in particular Cajun and zydeco dance and music. Dancing became a cathartic and liberating endeavor, helping him beat back his panic disorder to discover a world of passion and romance and to gain control of his life.
- Contents:
- Tornado Alley
- Dancing and me
- Panic attack
- Coco the dance teacher
- ISO dance floor perfection
- Life on the dance floor
- Zydeco
- Chasing skirts
- Boozoo
- In south Louisiana
- La Poussiere
- Wildman
- The last dance.
- Notes:
- "Terrace Books."
- Discography: pages 217-219.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0299201643
- 0299201600
- OCLC:
- 54686225
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