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Dancing Culture Religion.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gill, Sam.
- Series:
- Studies in Body and Religion
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dance--Anthropological aspects.
- Dance--Religious aspects.
- Dance--Social aspects.
- Local Subjects:
- Dance--Anthropological aspects.
- Dance--Religious aspects.
- Dance--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, 2012.
- Summary:
- Provocative insights into the nature of dancing as inseparable from human vitality and distinctiveness emerge from this spiraling study of specific cultural dance traditions brought into conversation with various philosophical/theoretical perspectives centering on the topics: movement, gesture, play, masking, ritual, seduction, performance, religion; each the subject of engaging innovative analysis. The author draws on experience as dancer and academic to address contemporary issues such as gender identity development and plasticity and acuity throughout the lifespan.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Chapter One: Moving; Chapter Two: Gesturing; Chapter Three: Self-Othering; Chapter Four: Playing; Chapter Five: Seducing; Chapter Six: Dancing; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-54883-6
- 9786613861283
- 0-7391-7474-6
- OCLC:
- 810533790
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