Body as medium of meaning / Soheila Shahshahani (ed.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shahshahānī, Suhaylā.

Series:

IUAES-series ; v. 2.

IUAES-series ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human body.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 143 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Münster : Lit ; Piscataway, NJ : Distributed in North America by Transaction Publishers, [2004]

Contents:

Introduction / Soheila Shahshahani

Body metaphor : Ayllu, ritual and body / Joseph W. Bastien

The dancing house : instances of the human body in city and architecture / Peter J.M. Nas ;& Chantal G. Brakus

Body as means of non-verbal communication in Iran / Soheila Shahshahani

The 'Flying deities project' : an attempt at performing East Asian ancient dances in zero gravity / Setsuko Ishiguro

The use of the body in Noh and Kyogen in the expression of the passage of time / Junko Sakaba

Ethnicizing the body : cultural performance in the embodiment of Koreanness among resident Koreans in Japan / Jeffry T. Hester

Body imagery and festivalization in globalizing cities / Eveline Dürr.

Notes:

Internat. conference proceedings.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3825871541

OCLC:

60116074