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"Last words are for people who haven't said anything in life."
- Karl Marx
(1818 - 1883)
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| | Anthropology and Human Movement:
Searching for Origins
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| | by Drid Williams
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ZIN Product Number: 10298713
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 Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Scarecrow Press, Inc.
ISBN: 0810837072
Release Date: Jan 12, 1999
| |  | | | In Brief
The first section contains four essays on themes ranging from the political nature of dancing in South Africa to the origins of English forms of traditional dance. Confusions that exist regarding ideas of evolution, subjectivity and objectivity, progress, primitivity, and universality in dance and sign languages is the subject of the second part. Finally, intellectual resources on ancient dances, movement literacy and evidence, and the basic structures of argument are presented. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Explores how the micro-histories of dances and sign languages fit into the macro-history of the human race. Drid Williams brings together four major scholars in the field: Sylvia Glasser, Douglas Baynton, Brenda Farnell and Theresa Buckland, as they consider the problems that arise when searching for the origins of sign languages and dances. The essays written by each of these scholars are found in the first section of the book. Glasser talks about the political nature of dancing in South Africa. Baynton summarizes significant changes in American attitudes toward deaf-signing during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Farnell addresses two issues: different ways of thinking about time/space and gesture and the general notion of embodiment among the Assiniboine (Nakota) people. Buckland discusses the origins of English forms of traditional dancing and the resources available for its study. Following is a section concerning the confusions that exist regarding ideas of evolution, subjectivity and objectivity, progress, primitivity, and universality as they pertain to the study of dance and sign languages. The final section provides intellectual resources on ancient dances, movement literacy and evidence, and the basic structures of argument. The chapters are accompanied by biographical notes, summary exercises and study questions. A comprehensive supplement for courses providing anthropological perspectives on the study of sign languages and dances, this is an ideal resource for audiences interested in sociocultural anthropology, performance studies, linguistics, ethnomusicology and ethnology.
Author Biography: Drid Williams was a professional modern concertdancer for thirty years before she became an anthropologist.
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| | | |  | | | | Preface | 1 | | Section I | Essays | | | 1 | Glasser | 19 | | 2 | Baynton | 39 | | 3 | Farnell | 75 | | 4 | Buckland | 101 | | Section II | Predispositions of Thought | | | 5 | Records and References | 121 | | 6 | Objectivity and Subjectivity | 137 | | 7 | Universality | 155 | | 8 | Time | 175 | | Section III | Intellectual Resources | | | 9 | Ancient Dances | 197 | | 10 | Movement Literacy / Evidence | 217 | | 11 | The Basic Structures of Argument | 233 | | Endnotes | 249 | | Movement Texts (Figures) | 255 | | Name Index | 271 | | Subject Index | 276 | | Bibliography | 285 |
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Dance, History, Sign language, Sign Language For The Deaf, Pop Arts / Pop Culture, Social Science, Popular Culture - General, Anthropology - General
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