Table of Contents

List of figures and tables; Preface; Introduction; 1. Temiar dance and the maintenance of order Sue Jennings; 2. Movement, dance, music, and the Venda girls' initiation cycle John Blacking; 3. Structured movement systems in Tonga Adrienne L. Kaeppler; 4. 'A line of boys': Melpa dance as a symbol of maturation Andrew Strathern; 5. Dance as antithesis in the Samburu discourse Paul Spencer; 6. The dance among the Lugbara of Uganda John Middleton; 7. Style and meaning in Umeda dance Alfred Gell; Epilogue: Anthropology and the study of dance Peter Brinson; Notes on contributors; Name Index; Subject Index.

Reviews

"...effectively demonstrates the importance of social context in understanding dance (and other forms of art), and provides many brilliant insights into a difficult subject." -- Journal of Asian Studies