Publications

Authors:

Arcangeli, Alessandro

Title:

Moral views on dance

Year:

2008

Type of item:

Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)

Tipologia ANVUR:

Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)

Language:

Inglese

Format:

A Stampa

Book Title:

Dance, Spectacle, and the Body Politick, 1250-1750

Publisher:

Indiana University Press

ISBN:

978-0-253-21985-5

Page numbers:

282-294

Keyword:

Renaissance and baroque dance; theology; law; medicine

Short description of contents:

The legacy of the Renaissance and baroque era is a complex one. The period witnessed a variety of dancing practices and of cultural responses to them. A moral perspective prevailed and proved influential also within the legal and medical discourses. Each author's social milieu and ideological orientation influenced them to portray dance either as a disorderly behaviour which equated human beings to beasts, or as a noble and edifying practice that inserted them within a political and cosmic order. Similar ambiguity characterized the consideration of dance from the perspectives of health and law. However, its beneficial role as a form of physical exercise was rarely challenged, and any radical attempt to simply ban dancing from the civilized world was destined to fail.

Product ID:

41276

Handle IRIS:

11562/317959

Deposited On:

June 19, 2008

Last Modified:

October 23, 2022

Bibliographic citation:

Arcangeli, Alessandro, Moral views on dance Dance, Spectacle, and the Body Politick, 1250-1750 , ed. by J. NEVILE , Indiana University Press , 2008 , pp. 282-294

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