| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 256 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-243) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Setting the stage. -- Evolution's gifts -- Dance-stress coupling -- pt. 2. Historical and non-western dance-stress relations. -- Meeting the gods and demons -- Shaking off poison, plague, death and sin -- Coming to terms with life crises -- Resolving conflict -- Revitalizing the past and facing the future -- pt. 3. Western dance-stress relations. -- "Playing" onstage in western theatrical dance -- A dance career in the west -- Amateur dancing in the west -- Dance (movement) therapy -- Finale: Dance and stress resistance, reduction and euphoria. |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
"Anthropologist Judith Lynne Hanna demonstrates the extraordinary role of dance as a healing art for all kinds of stress. Using examples from many different cultures and throughout history, she explains how dance is exercise plus aesthetic communication."--Jacket. |
| Access |
Concurrent user level: 1 user |
| Subject |
Dance -- Psychological aspects.
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Dance -- Psychological aspects. |
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Stress (Psychology)
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Stress (Psychology) |
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Dance therapy.
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Dance therapy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hanna, Judith Lynne.
Dance and stress.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hanna, Judith Lynne. Dancing for health. Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press, ©2006 (DLC) 2006002758 (OCoLC)63703783 |
| ISBN |
9780759114197 (electronic book) |
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0759114196 (electronic book) |
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0759108595 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780759108592 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0759108595 |
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9780759108592 |
| Standard No. |
9780759108592 |
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