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91044620 |
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GB92-17504 |
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0415078091 |
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0415078105 (pbk.) : |
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9780415078108 (pbk.) |
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(OCoLC)24909475 |
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DLC |
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eng |
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DLC |
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| Classification number |
GV1588.3 |
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.M37 1996 |
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20 |
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792.801 |
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MCF |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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McFee, Graham |
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1951- |
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author |
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| Title |
Understanding dance / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Graham McFee. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
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Routledge, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
1996,©1992. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
viii, 344 p. ; |
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25 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-338) and index. |
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| Title |
PART I Goundwork : |
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1. Basic concepts for aesthetics / |
| Statement of responsibility |
Definition and 'definiteness' ; The objectivity of appreciation ; The artistic and the (merely) aesthetic ; Conclusion -- |
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PART II The Nature of Dance : |
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2. Dance as Action / |
| Statement of responsibility |
The importance of the issue ; Dance as a 'special kind pf movement' ; Understanding action ; People, not machines ; Two ways of talking ; The importance of context ; Insights from the two-language view ; A technical point: defeasibility ; Conclusion -- |
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3. Dance as art / |
| Statement of responsibility |
Traditions and conventions of art ; Conventions and understanding ; An institutional account of art ; A fundamental objection to institutional theories of art ; A reply to this objection ; A diagnosis of the origin of the objection ; Digression: the 'community' view of concepts ; Outcomes of the institutional analysis ; Conclusion -- |
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4. Dance as a Performing Art / |
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Performing arts, multiplies and identity ; Type/token ; The creation of the type-work ; The thesis of notationality ; Interpretation and performance ; Performers' interpretations ; Further considerations ; Re-evaluation ; Variety among performances ; Conclusion -- |
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5. Dance as an Object of Understanding / |
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Meaning, understanding and explanation ; Meaning and institutional concepts ; Two difficulties for the dance/language analogy ; Objections from structural linguistics: an example ; An area of disanalogy? ; Interpretation and performance (again) ; Conclusion -- |
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PART III Understanding of Dance : |
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6. Understanding the Dance Criticism / |
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Three topics for the understanding of dance ; Two unsatisfactory accounts of criticism: 'rules' and scrutiny ; A modest proposal for the extension of the critic's cognitive stock ; Two provisos for an account of criticism as noticing ; The restrictive proviso reconsidered ; Arbitrariness and 'reading in' ; Some criticisms of the view of criticism as noticing -- |
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7. Understanding, Experience and Criticism / |
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Dance as an object of understanding ; The 'meaning' of dances as identified with informed criticism ; Interpretation and emotional education (I) ; Interpretation and emotional education (II) ; The knowledge-base of criticism ; Conclusion -- |
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8. The Point of Dance / |
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Purposive versus artistic justification ; Emotional education and conceptual change ; The objects of emotions ; Art and life issues ; Art works and art forms ; Two theses for an account of art ; Life issues and 'the familiar' ; Conclusion -- |
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PART IV Concepts of Understanding : |
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9. Style and Technique / |
| Statement of responsibility |
The notion of individual style ; Two characteristics of style ; The place of technique (I) ; Four notes of caution ; Outcomes of the style/technique connection ; Condition three: psychological reality ; The place of technique (II) ; Conclusion -- |
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10. Imagination and Understanding / |
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Imagination and perception ; Some objections considered ; Three ideas of the imaginary ; Conclusion -- |
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11. Intention and Understanding / |
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Intentionalist and anti-intentionalist positions ; The public character of intention ; Choreographer's intention and 'Black Angels' -- |
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12. Expression in Dance / |
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Expressiveness in dance versus expressiveness in movement ; Expression and artistic concepts ; Expression and understanding ; Expressive of what? ; Conclusion -- |
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PART IV Applications and Implications : |
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13. Aesthetic Eduaction: Some myths / |
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The very idea of kinaesthetic sense ; The importance of performance ; The 'creative process' ; The very idea of an aesthetic education -- |
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14. Dance and Society / |
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The meaning of the word 'Dance' ; Dance as 'natural' ; An 'art-shaped hole' in the theory ; A sense of history ; Relativism and understanding ; Conclusion -- |
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Conclusion ? |
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A necessary limitation on the presentation ; Methods and a key assumption of the text ; Two fundamental principles of aesthetics ; Dance in education. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"By focusing on the work of a number of major choreographers, companies and critics, McFee explores the nature of our understanding of dance by considering the "practice" of understanding dance-works themselves." -- WorldCat |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Dance |
| General subdivision |
Philosophy. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Aesthetics. |
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Publisher description |
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<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0648/91044620-d.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0648/91044620-d.html</a> |
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