Dances with Spiders : Crisis, Celebrity, and Celebration in a Southern Italy.

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lüdtke, Karen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, Inc., 2008.
Colección:Epistemologies of Healing, 2.
Temas:
Sport and Recreation.
Social sciences.
Spider Bites > history
Dancing > psychology
Folklore
Music Therapy > methods
Spider Bites > therapy
Social Sciences
Sciences sociales.
social sciences.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Italy
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 forefront issues of performance, gender, identity and well-being. This book explores how and why the pizzica has boomed in the Salento and elsewhere and asks whether this current popu- larity has anything to do with the historic ritual of tarantism or with the intention of recovering well-being. While personal stories and experien.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (272 pages).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-238), filmography (p. 239) , and index.
ISBN:9781845458751
1845458753

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