Jane Desmond
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3621505 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Jane Desmond |
| PRENOMES | Jane |
| SOBRENOME | Desmond |
| ASSINATURA | DESMOND J |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 3 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 84 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 3 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1997 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2018 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Leisure and Death
Interdisciplinary study of dark tourism that examines the relationship between leisure and death, specifically how leisure practice is used to meditate upon and mediate life. Grounded in international anthropological case studies, the authors theorize on the links between spaces of death and leisure"--Provided by publisher
Postmortem Exhibitions
This essay compares contemporary conventions for the public display of dead bodies as they apply to humans and to animals. Focusing on the Body Worlds exhibits by Gunther von Hagens, the phenomenally successful exhibits of posed, plastinated cadavers that have drawn twenty-seven million visitors worldwide, it compares these museum exhibits of human remains to the long-standing tradition of taxidermy as a mode of display for dead animal bodies. It…
Meaning in Motion
Dance, whether considered as an art form or embodied social practice, as product or process, is a prime subject for cultural analysis. Yet only recently have studies of dance become concerned with the ideological, theoretical, and social meanings of dance practices, performances, and institutions. In Meaning in Motion , Jane C. Desmond brings together the work of critics who have ventured into the boundaries between dance and cultural studies, an…
Meaning in Motion
Dance, whether considered as an art form or embodied social practice, as product or process, is a prime subject for cultural analysis. Yet only recently have studies of dance become concerned with the ideological, theoretical, and social meanings of dance practices, performances, and institutions. In Meaning in Motion , Jane C. Desmond brings together the work of critics who have ventured into the boundaries between dance and cultural studies, an…
Postmortem Exhibitions
This essay compares contemporary conventions for the public display of dead bodies as they apply to humans and to animals. Focusing on the Body Worlds exhibits by Gunther von Hagens, the phenomenally successful exhibits of posed, plastinated cadavers that have drawn twenty-seven million visitors worldwide, it compares these museum exhibits of human remains to the long-standing tradition of taxidermy as a mode of display for dead animal bodies. It…
Leisure and Death
Interdisciplinary study of dark tourism that examines the relationship between leisure and death, specifically how leisure practice is used to meditate upon and mediate life. Grounded in international anthropological case studies, the authors theorize on the links between spaces of death and leisure"--Provided by publisher
Meaning in Motion
Dance, whether considered as an art form or embodied social practice, as product or process, is a prime subject for cultural analysis. Yet only recently have studies of dance become concerned with the ideological, theoretical, and social meanings of dance practices, performances, and institutions. In Meaning in Motion , Jane C. Desmond brings together the work of critics who have ventured into the boundaries between dance and cultural studies, an…
Postmortem Exhibitions
This essay compares contemporary conventions for the public display of dead bodies as they apply to humans and to animals. Focusing on the Body Worlds exhibits by Gunther von Hagens, the phenomenally successful exhibits of posed, plastinated cadavers that have drawn twenty-seven million visitors worldwide, it compares these museum exhibits of human remains to the long-standing tradition of taxidermy as a mode of display for dead animal bodies. It…
Leisure and Death
Interdisciplinary study of dark tourism that examines the relationship between leisure and death, specifically how leisure practice is used to meditate upon and mediate life. Grounded in international anthropological case studies, the authors theorize on the links between spaces of death and leisure"--Provided by publisher
Computer Science (2 obras) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (2 obras) · History (2 obras) · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking (1 obra) · Aesthetics (1 obra) · Anatomy (1 obra) · Anatomy and Medical Technology (1 obra) · Anthropological aspects (1 obra) · Anthropology (1 obra) · Archaeology (1 obra)