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

by Brenda Farnell

Overview

Despite the tremendous multi-disciplinary upsurge of interest in "the body" of late, little or no attention has been given to the moving body or rather, the moving person, a situation that is remedied by this book. For the first time, leading scholars in the anthropology of dance and human movement come together to provide a rich sample of their current work, introducing theories and methods that move well beyond the more familiar "proxemic" and "kinesic" approaches to body movement and space.

Part 1 consists of ethnographic studies as diverse as Hawaiian dance and poetry, Tai Chi Chuan, Ballet and the Roman Catholic Mass, Australian Aboriginal sign language, Plains Indians sign language, and African-American movement performance. Part 2 complements this ethnographic richness by providing an in-depth commentary, together with a critical examination of several fundamental philosophical and theoretical issues that have been raised.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810840331
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	01/01/1995
Edition description:	REVISED
Pages:	316
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.42(h) x 0.94(d)

About the Author

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).

Table of Contents

	Preface	v
	Acknowledgments	vii
Part 1	The Model and How to Use It	1
Chapter 1	Overview of the Book	3
Chapter 2	Introduction of the Handy 5	7
Chapter 3	The Handy 5 as a Collaborative Planning Tool	21
Chapter 4	Using the Handy 5 with Students	41
Chapter 5	Using the Handy 5 in a Discipline: Arts Education	53
Part 2	Why the Model Is Important	59
Chapter 6	Assessment: Trends in Education Today	61
Chapter 7	Assessment: Key Concepts Applied to the Handy 5	77
Chapter 8	Using the Handy 5: What Our Research Told Us	83
Part 3	The Model in Action	99
Chapter 9	Sample Unit Plans and Forms	101
	Index	163
	About the Editors	165

Editorial Reviews

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 - 2002

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.

From the Publisher

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 a 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. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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