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To Dance is Human
Judith Lynne Hanna
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Description for To Dance is Human
Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages, 13 halftones, 15 line drawings. BIC Classification: ASD; GTC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
Exploring dance from the rural villages of Africa to the stages of Lincoln Center, Judith Lynne Hanna shows that it is as human to dance as it is to learn, to build, or to fight. Dance is human thought and feeling expressed through the body: it is at once organized physical movement, language, and a system of rules appropriate in different social situations. Hanna offers a theory of dance, drawing on work in anthropology, semiotics, sociology, communications, folklore, political science, religion, and psychology as well as the visual and performing arts. A new preface provides commentary on recent developments in ... Read more
Exploring dance from the rural villages of Africa to the stages of Lincoln Center, Judith Lynne Hanna shows that it is as human to dance as it is to learn, to build, or to fight. Dance is human thought and feeling expressed through the body: it is at once organized physical movement, language, and a system of rules appropriate in different social situations. Hanna offers a theory of dance, drawing on work in anthropology, semiotics, sociology, communications, folklore, political science, religion, and psychology as well as the visual and performing arts. A new preface provides commentary on recent developments in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
340
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Condition
New
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226315492
SKU
V9780226315492
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