Sensational Knowledge: Embodying Culture Through Japanese Dance [With DVD]

by Tomie Hahn

Book Overview

A compelling ethnography of traditional dance and bodily knowledge

Winner of the 2008 Alan Merriam Prize, given by the Society of Ethnomusicology

How do music and dance reveal the ways in which a community interacts with the world? How are the senses used in communicating cultural knowledge? In Sensational Knowledge, ethnomusicologist and dancer Tomie Hahn uncovers the process and nuances of learning nihon...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081956835X
• ISBN13: 9780819568359
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher