Society and the Dance: the Social Anthropology of Process and Performance, edited byPaul Spencer. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. xi + 224pp., illustrations. $37.50 clothbound, $11.95 paperbound.

Abstract

List of figures and tables Preface Introduction 1. Temiar dance and the maintenance of order Sue Jennings 2. Movement, dance, music, and the Venda girls' initiation cycle John Blacking 3. Structured movement systems in Tonga Adrienne L. Kaeppler 4. 'A line of boys': Melpa dance as a symbol of maturation Andrew Strathern 5. Dance as antithesis in the Samburu discourse Paul Spencer 6. The dance among the Lugbara of Uganda John Middleton 7. Style and meaning in Umeda dance Alfred Gell Epilogue: Anthropology and the study of dance Peter Brinson Notes on contributors Name Index Subject Index.

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