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To Dance Is Human: A Theory of Nonverbal Communication
Contributor(s): Hanna, Judith Lynne (Author)
ISBN: 0226315495     ISBN-13: 9780226315492
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
OUR PRICE:   $36.63  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: September 1987
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Annotation: Exploring dance from the rural villages of Africa to the stages of Lincoln Center, Judith Lynne Hanna shows that it is as human to dance as it is to learn, to build, or to fight. Dance is human thought and feeling expressed through the body: it is at once organized physical movement, language, and a system of rules appropriate in different social situations. Hanna offers a theory of dance, drawing on work in anthropology, semiotics, sociology, communications, folklore, political science, religion, and psychology as well as the visual and performing arts. A new preface provides commentary on recent developments in dance research and an updated bibliography.

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BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Dance - General
- Social Science
Dewey: 793.309
LCCN: 87013875
Physical Information: 1.02" H x 5.94" W x 9.15" (1.17 lbs) 350 pages
 
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Exploring dance from the rural villages of Africa to the stages of Lincoln Center, Judith Lynne Hanna shows that it is as human to dance as it is to learn, to build, or to fight. Dance is human thought and feeling expressed through the body: it is at once organized physical movement, language, and a system of rules appropriate in different social situations. Hanna offers a theory of dance, drawing on work in anthropology, semiotics, sociology, communications, folklore, political science, religion, and psychology as well as the visual and performing arts. A new preface provides commentary on recent developments in dance research and an updated bibliography.

Contributor Bio(s): Hanna, Judith Lynne: - Judith Lynne Hanna is Senior Research Scholar in the Deptartments of Dance & Anthropology at the University of Maryland. She is the author of many books including "Dance, Sex, and Gender: Signs of Identity, Dominance, Defiance, and Desire" and "To Dance is Human: A Theory of Nonverbal Communication, " both published by the University of Chicago Press.