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UNISA996396447603316 |
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Pond Edward <d. 1629.> |
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Pond [[electronic resource] ] : an almanack for the year of our Lord God 1669 : being the first after Leap-year, and from the worlds creation at the spring 5672 compleat : amplified with many good things both for pleasure and profit, and fitted for the meridian of Saffron-Walden in Essex, where the pole is elevated 52 degrees and 6 minutes above the horizon : whereunto are added the several fairs held in England each moneth this year |
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Cambridge (England), : Printed by John Field ..., 1669 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Almanacs, English |
Astrology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Reproduction of original in the British Library. |
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UNINA9910791244803321 |
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Autore |
Lüdtke Karen |
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Titolo |
Dances with spiders [[electronic resource] ] : crisis, celebrity and celebration in southern Italy / / Karen Lüdtke |
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New York, : Berghahn Books, 2009 |
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1-282-62739-2 |
9786612627392 |
1-84545-875-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Epistemologies of healing ; ; v. 4 |
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Disciplina |
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Tarantella - Italy - Salentina Peninsula |
Tarantism - Italy - Salentina Peninsula |
Medical anthropology - Italy - Salentina Peninsula |
Salentina Peninsula (Italy) Social life and customs |
Salentina Peninsula (Italy) Folklore |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-238), filmography (p. 239), and index. |
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Title page-Dances with Spiders; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Part I-Past and Present Spider Webs; CH 1-Seeking St Paul; CH 2-Webs through Time; Part II-The Spider's Cult Today; CH 3-Curing Myths and fictive cures; CH 4-Ads and antidotes; CH 5-Sensing Identities and Well-being; Part III-From Ritual to Limelight; CH 6-Spider WoMen transfixed; CH 7-Tarantula threads and showbiz airs; CH 8-Spider WoMen transformed; Part IV-Conclusion; CH 9-Dancing Beyond Spiders; Epilogue; Bibliography; Filmography; Index |
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For centuries, the rite of the tarantula was the only cure for those 'bitten' or 'possessed' by the mythic Apulian spider. Its victims had to dance to the local tarantella or 'pizzica' for days on end. Today, the pizzica has returned to the limelight, bringing to the forefront issues of performance, gender, identity and well-being. This book explores how and why the pizzica has boomed in the Salento and elsewhere and asks whether this current popu- larity has anything to do with the historic |
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ritual of tarantism or with the intention of recovering well-being. While personal stories and experien |
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