Dancing Wisdom

Embodied Knowledge in Haitian Vodou, Cuban Yoruba, and Bahian Candomblé

Yvonne Daniel author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Illinois Press

Published:10th Aug '05

Should be back in stock very soon

Dancing Wisdom cover

Landmark interdisciplinary study of religious systems through their dance performances

Winner of the de la Torre Bueno Prize (2006).

"[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

  • Winner of <DIV>Winner of the de la Torre Bueno Prize (2006).</DIV> 2006

ISBN: 9780252072079

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm

Weight: 454g

348 pages