Dancing for health : conquering and preventing stress / Judith Lynne Hanna.
- Hanna, Judith Lynne
- Date:
- [2006]
- Books
About this work
Description
"Anthropologist Judith Lynne Hanna demonstrates the extraordinary role of dance as a healing art for all kinds of stress. Using examples from many different cultures and throughout history, she explains how dance is exercise plus aesthetic communication."--Jacket.
Publication/Creation
Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press, [2006]
Physical description
vii, 256 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm
Notes
Revised edition of: Dance and stress. New York : AMS Press, c1988.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-243) and index.
Contents
Setting the Stage -- Evolution's Gifts -- Dance-Stress Coupling -- Historical and Non-Western Dance-Stress Relations -- Meeting the Gods and Demons -- Shaking Off Poison, Plague, Death and Sin -- Coming to Terms with Life Crises -- Resolving Conflict -- Revitalizing the Past and Facing the Future -- Western Dance-Stress Relations -- "Playing" Onstage in Western Theatrical Dance -- A Dance Career in the west -- Amateur Dancing in the West -- Dance (Movement) Therapy -- Finale: Dance and Stress Resistance, Reduction and Euphoria.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineWM450.5.D2 2006H24dOpen shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 0759108595
- 9780759108592