Elizabeth, I've received some benefit from an obscure book entitled "Animals
and the Origins of Dance" by Steven Lonsdale. Obscure to me, anyway, as I
haven't seen it in any college syllabus, and I don't know much about the
author, but the publisher is Thames and Hudson (date 1981), and that's
reputable enough. Dust jacket says Lonsdale did his Ph.D. thesis on "Animal
Imagery in Homer". My interest in the book is primarily around mumming and
haute ecole on horseback, but it goes into many other areas such as the
American Indian buffalo dances, snake dances, birds, dogs, etc., plus
puberty initiation dances, the dance of death, sundancing, and more.
Deb Bennett, Ph.D., Director
Equine Studies Institute
Livingston, California
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Subject: [ZOOARCH] Animal ritual
Hi all. I am in the process of developing my syllabus for an anthropology
class on "Ritual and cultural performance". As a zooarchaeologist, I can't
help but lean towards animals as an emphasis. I would welcome any
suggestions for readings, films, or the like for the class.
Many thanks,
Elizabeth Arnold
Department of Anthropology
University of Calgary
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