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Dances with Spiders : Crisis, Celebrity and Celebration in Southern Italy /
For centuries, the rite of the tarantula was the only cure for those 'bitten' or 'possessed' by the mythic Apulian spider. Its victims had to dance to the local tarantella or 'pizzica' for days on end. Today, the pizzica has returned to the limelight, bringing to the fo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York; Oxford :
Berghahn Books,
[2008]
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| Colección: | Epistemologies of Healing ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction: Tarantula Territory
- Part I Past and Present Spider Webs
- Chapter 1 Seeking St Paul: Historical and Contemporary Enactments
- Chapter 2 Webs through Time: Origins and History of Tarantism
- Part II The Spider's Cult Today
- Chapter 3 Curing Myths and Fictive Cures: Views of Believers and Sceptics
- Chapter 4 Ads and Antidotes: Celebrity versus Conservation
- Chapter 5 Sensing Identities and Well-being: Personal Motivations and Experiences
- Part III From Ritual to Limelight
- Chapter 6 Spider WoMen Transfixed: Negotiating Crisis and Cure
- Chapter 7 Tarantula Threads and Showbiz Airs: Fine-tuning Performances
- Chapter 8 SpiderWoMen Transformed: Celebrating Well-being
- Part IV Conclusion
- Chapter 9 Dancing Beyond Spiders
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Filmography
- Index