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Embodying the Feminine in the Dances of the World’s Religions

By Angela M. Yarber

Book information

Publisher
Peter Lang Inc.
Year
2011
ISBN
1433115441, 9781433115448
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7060282 bytes)
Series
Liturgical Studies
Pages
150\168
Time added
2016-11-20 22:16:20
Theater;Acting & Auditioning;Broadway & Musicals;C

Description

Dances that embody the «feminine» teach the dancer and the observers inside and outside the faith tradition about women’s experiences, expressions, and understandings within their respective faith traditions. In Embodying the Feminine in the Dances of the World’s Religions, the author immerses herself in four dance traditions and explores what their dance teaches about women’s experiences in their faith tradition. Bharatanatyam is a classical Indian dance stemming from the devadasi system; kabuki onnagata are Japanese male enactors of «female-likeness»; the Mevlevi Order of America allows women to train as «whirling dervishes»; and Gurit Kadman created folk dances for Jewish women and men.

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