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Human Action Signs In Cultural Context » (REVISED)

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Authors: Kansas Association Of School Librarians
ISBN-13: 9780810840331, ISBN-10: 0810840332
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Date Published: December 1995
Edition: REVISED

Author Biography: Kansas Association Of School Librarians

Book Synopsis

Leading scholars in the anthropology of dance and human movement come together to provide a rich sample of their work. Contains ethnographies and in-depth commentary together with a critical examination of several fundamental philosophical and theoretical issues.

Booknews

This is a paperbound reprint of a 1995 work about which Book News wrote: A collection of essays by scholars of the anthropology of dance and human movement. The first part consists of ethnographic studies on topics including Hawaiian dance; spatial orientation and deixis in Plains Indian sign talk and Assiniboine (Nakota) culture; and African American movement and social commentary. The second part provides philosophical and theoretical discussions of the ethnographic studies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Pt. 1	The Model and How to Use It	1
Ch. 1	Overview of the Book	3
Ch. 2	Introduction of the Handy 5	7
Ch. 3	The Handy 5 as a Collaborative Planning Tool	21
Ch. 4	Using the Handy 5 with Students	41
Ch. 5	Using the Handy 5 in a Discipline: Arts Education	53
Pt. 2	Why the Model Is Important	59
Ch. 6	Assessment: Trends in Education Today	61
Ch. 7	Assessment: Key Concepts Applied to the Handy 5	77
Ch. 8	Using the Handy 5: What Our Research Told Us	83
Pt. 3	The Model in Action	99
Ch. 9	Sample Unit Plans and Forms	101
	Index	163
	About the Editors	165