Dancing Wisdom: Embodied Knowledge in Haitian Vodou, Cuban Yoruba, and Bahian Candomblé
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (907 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0252072073 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 348 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Combining her background in dance and anthropology to parallel the participant/scholar dichotomy inherent to dancing's embodied knowledge, Daniel examines these misunderstood and oppressed performative dances in terms of physiology, psychology, philosophy, mathematics, ethics, and aesthetics.. Concentrating on the Caribbean Basin and the coastal area of northeast South America, Yvonne Daniel considers three African-derived religious systems that rely heavily on dance behavior--Haitian Vodou, Cuban Yoruba, and Bahamian Candomble
"Daniel advances dance anthropology through ambitious meticulous scholarship, acute comparative analyses, riveting ethnographic description and a sensual sense of the dancing body that makes one feel the movement of the muscles and spirit."--Dance Research Journal
Spiritual dancing is fulfilling, reading about it is not! Samuel Quiles Having danced with Ms. Annie King, master Dance Vodoun teacher from Katherine Dunham's tradition I was expecting much from this book. I believe I was unrealistic with my expectation. I was expecting it to trigger memories of my dance with the Loa and they joy that brought to my soul while under the tutelage of Ms. King. In stead I felt is overstated the experience. Let dancers dance, the expereince is not in reading about it!!! My lesson to learn. SQ. Great book LamArk answered just about all of my questions regarding such traditional dancing particularly questions like "what is really going on when they are dancing?" and "whats the point?" "what is the practical aim for condomble, yoruba and vodou ceremonies?". Good book, and it would be a dream to meet or speak to Yvonne myself regarding her work.. Great resource jeanne christopherson Ms. Daniel has extensive personal knowledge of her subject and writes about it with great insight and affection. I teach Afro-Caribbean dance and use this as a text resource. It is respectful, articulate and up to date. Embodied Knowledge is priceless.