Naturalness” in Scottish Dancing
An ethnolinguistic perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15734810 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sergey V Alferov (0000-0002-2393-0812, Scottish and Welsh Dance Schools Shady Glen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 169-188 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-05 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Вестник антропологии (Herald of Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2311-0546 • E-ISSN: 2782-1552 |
| Publisher | Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.33876/2311-0546/2019-47-3/169-188 |
| OpenAlex | W3203117696 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
The article explores various meanings of the concept “(un)natural” in written and spoken discourse devoted to traditional Scottish dancing. Analysing this concept alongside its co-occurent adjectives and adverbs in 18th–21st-century sources allows to better appreciate the semiotic complexity of the concept and its uses. The article highlights the seeming obviousness of what dancing naturally means to different kinds of stakeholders (dancers, teachers, spectators and researchers). It also emphasises the link between what is seen as natural dancing and people’s habits, both kinaesthetic, resulting from dance practice or the lack thereof, and stylistic or visual, grounded in spectators’ exposure to various manifestations of the Scottish dance repertoire
Aesthetics · Art · Dance · Linguistics · Literature · Natural (archaeology · Naturalness · Perspective (graphical · Repertoire · Semiotics · Sociology · Visual arts · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · Physical education and sports games research · Psychology · History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |