Body, Movement, and Culture : : Kinesthetic and Visual Symbolism in a Philippine Community / / Sally Ann Ness.

In Body, Movement, and Culture, Sally Ann Ness provides an original interpretive account of three forms of sinulog dancing practiced in Cebu City in the Philippines: a healing ritual, a dance drama, and a "cultural" exhibition dance. Ness's examination of these dance forms yields rich...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]
©1992
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Contemporary Ethnography
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.) :; 23 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Note about Pseudonyms
  • Chapter 1. Ethnography and Choreography
  • Chapter 2. Troubled Times
  • Chapter 3. Views from the Swimming Pool
  • Chapter 4. The Looks of the City
  • Chapter 5. The Niño
  • Chapter 6. The Tindera Sinulog
  • Chapter 7. Customers and Performers
  • Chapter 8. Latent Symbolism in the Tindera Sinulog
  • Chapter 9. The Troupe Sinulog
  • Chapter 10. Historical Development of the Troupe Sinulog
  • Chapter 11. The Parade Sinulog
  • Chapter 12. The Symbolism of Desired Recognition
  • Chapter 13. The Resilience of the Sinulog
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index