Human Action Signs in Cultural Context: The Visible and the Invisible in Movement and Dance

Author:   Brenda Farnell
Publisher:   Scarecrow Press
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9780810840331


Pages:   316
Publication Date:   01 January 1995
Format:   Paperback
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Human Action Signs in Cultural Context: The Visible and the Invisible in Movement and Dance


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Author:   Brenda Farnell
Publisher:   Scarecrow Press
Imprint:   Scarecrow Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.70cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 21.40cm
Weight:   0.417kg
ISBN:  

9780810840331


ISBN 10:   0810840332
Pages:   316
Publication Date:   01 January 1995
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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This is the paperbound reprint of a 1995 work about which Book News wrote: A collection of essays by scholars of the anthropology of dance and human movement. The first part consists of ethnographic studies on topics including Hawaiian dance, spatial orientation and deixis in Plains Indian sign talk and Assiniboine (Nakota) culture; and African American movement and social commentary. The second part provides philosophical and theoretical discussions of the ethnographic studies. * Reference and Research Book News *


This is the paperbound reprint of a 1995 work about which Book News wrote: A collection of essays by scholars of the anthropology of dance and human movement. The first part consists of ethnographic studies on topics including Hawaiian dance, spatial orientation and deixis in Plains Indian sign talk and Assiniboine (Nakota) culture; and African American movement and social commentary. The second part provides philosophical and theoretical discussions of the ethnographic studies. Reference and Research Book News


This is the paperbound reprint of a 1995 work about which Book News wrote: A collection of essays by scholars of the anthropology of dance and human movement. The first part consists of ethnographic studies on topics including Hawaiian dance, spatial orientation and deixis in Plains Indian sign talk and Assiniboine (Nakota) culture; and African American movement and social commentary. The second part provides philosophical and theoretical discussions of the ethnographic studies. -- 2002 * Reference and Research Book News *


This is the paperbound reprint of a 1995 work about which Book News wrote: A collection of essays by scholars of the anthropology of dance and human movement. The first part consists of ethnographic studies on topics including Hawaiian dance, spatial orientation and deixis in Plains Indian sign talk and Assiniboine (Nakota) culture; and African American movement and social commentary. The second part provides philosophical and theoretical discussions of the ethnographic studies. * Reference and Research Book News * This is the paperbound reprint of a 1995 work about which Book News wrote: A collection of essays by scholars of the anthropology of dance and human movement. The first part consists of ethnographic studies on topics including Hawaiian dance, spatial orientation and deixis in Plains Indian sign talk and Assiniboine (Nakota) culture; and African American movement and social commentary. The second part provides philosophical and theoretical discussions of the ethnographic studies. Reference and Research Book News


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Brenda Farnell is a visiting assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Iowa. She also serves as a co-editor of the Journal for the Anthropological Study of Human Movement (JASHM).

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