Society and the Dance: The Social Anthropology of Process and Performance

by Paul Spencer

Book Overview

Dancing has its place in all societies; yet the phenomenon of dance has been oddly neglected by most anthropologists. This volume is intended to further anthropological awarenes of its critical relevance. It is claimed that, in a very important sense, society creates the dance, and it is to society and not just to the dancer's experience that we must turn to understand its significance. Performance has meaning within social process.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521315506
• ISBN13: 9780521315500
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"