The anthropology of dance / Anya Peterson Royce.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Alton, Hampshire : Dance Books, 2002.Description: xxvi, 238 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1852730889
  • 9781852730888
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22 306.484 ROY
LOC classification:
  • GV1588.6 .R7 2002
Contents:
PART ONE: THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF DANCE / Ch. 1 The Dance ; Ch. 2 The Anthropological Perspective ; Ch. 3 Methods and Techniques ; Ch. 4 Structure and Function -- PART TWO: PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES / Ch. 5 The Historical Perspective ; Ch. 6 The Comparative Method ; Ch. 7 Symbol and Style -- PART THREE: FUTURE DIRECTIONS / Ch. 8 The Morphology of Dance ; Ch. 9 The Meaning of Dance ; Ch. 10 Conclusions.
Summary: "Dance makes its unique contribution to society and culture by virtue of its form and expression; at the same time it is intimately bound up with the elements of religion, kinship and social organization, politics, and economics. The fact that dance is inseparable from its means of expression - the human body making patterns in time and space - means that it cannot be divorced from its social and cultural context."--Jacket.
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306.484 HAN To dance is human : 306.484 JOW Time and the dancing image / 306.484 LEP Of the presence of the body : 306.484 ROY The anthropology of dance / 306.484 SHA Dance in a world of change : 306.484 THO The body, dance, and cultural theory / 306.484 THO Dance, modernity, and culture :

Originally published : Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1977.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-227) and index.

PART ONE: THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF DANCE / Ch. 1 The Dance ; Ch. 2 The Anthropological Perspective ; Ch. 3 Methods and Techniques ; Ch. 4 Structure and Function -- PART TWO: PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES / Ch. 5 The Historical Perspective ; Ch. 6 The Comparative Method ; Ch. 7 Symbol and Style -- PART THREE: FUTURE DIRECTIONS / Ch. 8 The Morphology of Dance ; Ch. 9 The Meaning of Dance ; Ch. 10 Conclusions.

"Dance makes its unique contribution to society and culture by virtue of its form and expression; at the same time it is intimately bound up with the elements of religion, kinship and social organization, politics, and economics. The fact that dance is inseparable from its means of expression - the human body making patterns in time and space - means that it cannot be divorced from its social and cultural context."--Jacket.

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