Dancing wisdom : embodied knowledge in Haitian Vodou, Cuban Yoruba, and Bahian Candomblé / Yvonne Daniel.
By: Daniel, Yvonne
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TextPublisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2005Description: xvi, 324 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0252029666 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0252072073 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Dance -- Religious aspects | African Americans -- Religion | Orishas | Yoruba (African people) -- Cuba -- Religion | Vodou | Candomblé (Religion) -- Brazil -- Bahia (State) | Africa, Sub-Saharan -- ReligionDDC classification: 299.6/097 LOC classification: BL605 | .D28 2005Online resources: Table of contents | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Special Collections
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Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections Archive Room, PEBE 121 | Non-fiction | BL605 .D28 2005 (Browse shelf) | Not For Loan | 0000000220804 |
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| BL604.C5 M57 1984 Circles, consciousness and culture / | BL605 .B213 Religious dances in the Christian church | BL605 .B2513 Selbst die Götter tanzen : | BL605 .D28 2005 Dancing wisdom : | BL605 .O4 1968 The sacred dance : | BL605 .T6 La danza sacra. | BL781 .N53 A history of Greek religion, |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-312) and index.
Deciphering diaspora dances: their origin nations and belief systems -- Body knowledge at the crossroads -- Days of remembrance -- Dances of memory -- Praise dance and liturgical orders -- Informal learning with Haitian lwas -- Informal learning with Bahian orixás -- Formal learning with Cuban orichas -- The dancing body and embodied wisdom.
Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Gift 2008
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