Dancing for Health (eBook)

Conquering and Preventing Stress

Judith Lynne Hanna (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2006
264 Seiten
Altamira Press (Verlag)
978-0-7591-1419-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Dancing for Health explains the cognitive, emotional, and physical dimensions of dance in a spectrum of stress management approaches. Designed for anyone interested in health and healing, this book offers lessons learned from the experiences of people of different cultures and historical periods, as well as current knowledge, on how to resist, reduce, and dance away stress in the disquieting times of the 21st century.

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Throughout history and in contemporary times, people worldwide have danced to cope with the stresses of life. But how has dance helped people resist, reduce, and escape stress? What is it about dance that makes it a healing art? What insights can we gain from learning about others' use of dance across cultures and eras? Dancing for Health addresses these questions and explains the cognitive, emotional and physical dimensions of dance in a spectrum of stress management approaches. Designed for anyone interested in health and healing, Dancing for Health offers lessons learned from the experiences of people of different cultures and historical periods, as well as current knowledge, on how to resist, reduce, and dance away stress in the disquieting times of the 21st century. Anthropologists and psychologists will benefit from the unique theoretical and ethnographic analysis of how dance affects communities and individuals, while dancers and therapists will take away practical lessons on improving their and their patients' quality of life.

Autor

Judith Lynne Hanna (Ph.D., Columbia University) is a senior research scholar in the Department of Dance at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 I. Setting the Stage Chapter 2 Prelude Chapter 3 1. Evolution's Gifts Chapter 4 2. Dance-Stress Coupling Chapter 5 II. Historical and Non-Western Dance-Stress Relations Chapter 6 3. Meeting the Gods and Demons Chapter 7 4. Shaking Off Poison, Plague, Death, and Sin Chapter 8 5. Coming to Terms with Life Crises Chapter 9 6. Resolving Conflict Chapter 10 7. Revitalizing the Past and Facing the Future Chapter 11 III. Western Dance-Stress Relations Chapter 12 8. Playing Onstage in Western Theatrical Dance Chapter 13 9. A Dance Career in the West Chapter 14 10. Amateur Dancing in the West Chapter 15 11. Dance/Movement Therapy Chapter 16 Finale: Dance and Stress Resistance, Reduction, and Euphoria

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.7.2006
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Alternative Heilverfahren
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Fitness / Aerobic / Bodybuilding
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-7591-1419-6 / 0759114196
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7591-1419-7 / 9780759114197