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dc.contributor.editorSchlapbach, Karin
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-21T05:31:57Z
dc.date.available2022-09-21T05:31:57Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/58475
dc.description.abstractThe fourteen chapters of this e-book examine Roman dance by looking at its role in Roman religion, by following it into the theatre and the banquet hall, and by tracing its (metaphorical) presence in a variety of literary contexts, including rhetorical treatises, biography, and lyric poetry. These different approaches, which draw on literary texts, inscriptions, documentary papyri, the visual record, and modern reperformances, converge in illustrating a rich and vibrant dance culture which prided itself on indigenous dances no less than on its capacity to absorb, transform, or revive the dance traditions of their Etruscan or Greek neighbours. Dance was a cultural practice which was able to affirm Romanness, for instance in the case of the Salian priests, but also to raise the question of what was Roman in the first place, for instance when the originally Greek pantomime was embraced by Augustus and came to be known as "Italian style of dancing". Together the fourteen case studies offer fresh perspectives on an underexplored topic, shedding light on the manifold contexts, functions, practitioners, and appreciations of Roman dance.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATQ Danceen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATX Other performing artsen_US
dc.subject.otherPerforming Arts
dc.subject.otherDance
dc.subject.otherHistory & Criticism
dc.titleAspects of Roman Dance Culture
dc.title.alternativeReligious Cults, Theatrical Entertainments, Metaphorical Appropriations
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.25162/9783515133258
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy70604e5f-7706-4b1d-a15e-c9b6bb80fb28
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oapen.relation.isbn9783515133258
oapen.collectionKnowledge Unlatched (KU)
oapen.imprintFranz Steiner Verlag
oapen.identifierhttps://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/ce58ed4c-40f6-4159-b453-968b19d12927
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