Human Action Signs in Cultural Context: The Visible and the Invisible in Movement and Dance - Softcover

Farnell, Brenda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0810840332 ISBN 13: 9780810840331

Publisher: Scarecrow Press, 1995

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

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).

Edition details

• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810840332
• ISBN 13: 9780810840331
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 318