Dancing wisdom
Subtitle: embodied knowledge in Haitian Vodou, Cuban Yoruba, and Bahian Candomblé
By: Yvonne Daniel
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
Subjects: Dance -- Religious aspects; African Americans -- Religion; Orishas; Yoruba (African people) -- Cuba -- Religion; Voodooism; Candomblé (Religion) -- Brazil -- Bahia (State); Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Religion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-312) and index
Table of contents: title: Deciphering diaspora dances: their origin nations and belief systems; title: Body knowledge at the crossroads; title: Days of remembrance; title: Dances of memory; title: Praise dance and liturgical orders; title: Informal learning with Haitian lwas; title: Informal learning with Bahian orixás; title: Formal learning with Cuban orichas; title: The dancing body and embodied wisdom