Body, Movement, and Culture : Kinesthetic and Visual Symbolism in a Philippine Community / Sally Ann Ness.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ness, Sally Ann, Author.

Series:

Series in contemporary ethnography.

Contemporary Ethnography

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sinulog (Dance).

Folk dancing--Social aspects--Philippines--Cebu City--Case studies.

Folk dancing.

Choreography--Social aspects--Philippines--Cebu City--Case studies.

Choreography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In Body, Movement, and Culture, Sally Ann Ness provides an original interpretive account of three forms of sinulog dancing practiced in Cebu City in the Philippines: a healing ritual, a dance drama, and a "cultural" exhibition dance. Ness's examination of these dance forms yields rich insights into the cultural predicament of this Philippine city and the way in which kinesthetic and visual symbols interact to create meaning.Ness scrutinizes the patterns of movement, the use of the body and of objects, and the shaping of space common to all three versions of the sinulog. She then relates these elements to the fundamental ways the culture bearers of Cebu City experience their world. For example, she shows how each of the dance forms functions to reinforce class distinctions and to establish a code of authenticated "cultural" action. At the same time, Ness demonstrates, the dances manifest and actualize widely applied notions about the nature of "devotion," "sincerity," "naturalness," and "beauty."Throughout the text, Ness provides a close analysis of movement that is all too often missing from anthropological studies of dance. Most significantly, she works to relate the movements used in dance to everyday movement and to interpret the attitudes and values that are embodied in both choreographed and "idian movement.Important and illuminating, Body, Movement, and Culture is of particular interest to students and scholars of anthropology, folklore, dance, and Asian studies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

A Note about Pseudonyms

Chapter 1. Ethnography and Choreography

Chapter 2. Troubled Times

Chapter 3. Views from the Swimming Pool

Chapter 4. The Looks of the City

Chapter 5. The Niño

Chapter 6. The Tindera Sinulog

Chapter 7. Customers and Performers

Chapter 8. Latent Symbolism in the Tindera Sinulog

Chapter 9. The Troupe Sinulog

Chapter 10. Historical Development of the Troupe Sinulog

Chapter 11. The Parade Sinulog

Chapter 12. The Symbolism of Desired Recognition

Chapter 13. The Resilience of the Sinulog

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9781512818222

1512818224

OCLC:

954123810