03160nam 2200637 a 450 991079124480332120170815145159.01-282-62739-297866126273921-84545-875-310.1515/9781845458751(CKB)2560000000012174(EBL)544396(OCoLC)646573825(SSID)ssj0000431918(PQKBManifestationID)12190117(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000431918(PQKBWorkID)10477162(PQKB)11320774(MiAaPQ)EBC544396(DE-B1597)637340(DE-B1597)9781845458751(EXLCZ)99256000000001217420080718d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDances with spiders[electronic resource] crisis, celebrity and celebration in southern Italy /Karen LüdtkeNew York Berghahn Books20091 online resource (272 p.)Epistemologies of healing ;v. 4Description based upon print version of record.1-84545-445-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-238), filmography (p. 239), and index.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; IndexFor 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 ritual of tarantism or with the intention of recovering well-being. While personal stories and experienEpistemologies of healing ;v. 4.TarantellaItalySalentina PeninsulaTarantismItalySalentina PeninsulaMedical anthropologyItalySalentina PeninsulaSalentina Peninsula (Italy)Social life and customsSalentina Peninsula (Italy)FolkloreTarantellaTarantismMedical anthropology793.319457Lüdtke Karen476344MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791244803321Dances with spiders1223386UNINA