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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title page-Dances with Spiders; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Part I-Past and Present Spider Webs; Ch 1-Seeking St Paul; Ch 2-Webs through Time; Part Ii-The Spider's Cult Today; Ch 3-Curing Myths and fictive cures; Ch 4-Ads and antidotes; Ch 5-Sensing Identities and Well-being; Part Iii-From Ritual to Limelight; Ch 6-Spider WoMen transfixed; Ch 7-Tarantula threads and showbiz airs; Ch 8-Spider WoMen transformed; Part Iv-Conclusion; Ch 9-Dancing Beyond Spiders; Epilogue; Bibliography; Filmography; Index.

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