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Choreographies of Landscape: Signs of Performance in Yosemite National Park
Sally Ann Ness
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Description for Choreographies of Landscape: Signs of Performance in Yosemite National Park
Hardback. This original and cross-disciplinary book studies the experiences of Yosemite park visitors in order to understand human connection with & within natural landscapes. It grounds a sophisticated semiotic analysis in the lived experiences of parkgoers, assembling a collective account that will be of interest in a range of disciplines. Series: Dance & Performance Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; ASD; JHBS; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 208 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442.
As an international ecotourism destination, Yosemite National Park welcomes millions of climbers, sightseers, and other visitors from around the world annually, all of whom are afforded dramatic experiences of the natural world. This original and cross-disciplinary book offers an ethnographic and performative study of Yosemite visitors in order to understand human connection with and within natural landscapes. By grounding a novel eco-semiotic analysis in the lived reality of parkgoers, it forges surprising connections, assembling a collective account that will be of interest to disciplines ranging from performance studies to cultural geography.
As an international ecotourism destination, Yosemite National Park welcomes millions of climbers, sightseers, and other visitors from around the world annually, all of whom are afforded dramatic experiences of the natural world. This original and cross-disciplinary book offers an ethnographic and performative study of Yosemite visitors in order to understand human connection with and within natural landscapes. By grounding a novel eco-semiotic analysis in the lived reality of parkgoers, it forges surprising connections, assembling a collective account that will be of interest to disciplines ranging from performance studies to cultural geography.
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Dance & Performance Studies
Condition
New
Weight
441g
Number of Pages
186
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785331169
SKU
V9781785331169
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About Sally Ann Ness
Sally Ann Ness is Professor of Anthropology at University of California, Riverside. She is author of Where Asia Smiles (2003) as well as Body Movement and Culture (1992), which won the de la Torre Bueno Prize and the CORD Outstanding Publication in Dance Research Award. She has also co-edited, with Carrie Noland, the collection Migrations of Gesture (2008). Her ... Read more
Reviews for Choreographies of Landscape: Signs of Performance in Yosemite National Park
This is an extremely original, theoretically surprising, very clearly written, and thought-provoking project. By focusing on encounters with Yosemite National Park, Sally Ann Ness takes her reader along unexpected paths while constructing an innovative and deeply personal anthropology of experience. Andre Lepecki, New York University