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Palm Play
- 1980 ----- color ----- 26 min ----- 16mm
- (Movement Style and Culture series) Attempts to understand the "meaning" of our oldest but most mysterious art--dance--by analyzing cross-culturally one of its key elements--palm gestures. It has long been observed that the palm is an important secondary erogenous zone, especially for women. In fact, there seems to be a strong relationship between the way the feminine palm is displayed or concealed in dance and the codes that regulate feminine behavior in a given culture. Illustrates six types of palm presentation prevalent in the dances of different cultural traditions.
- Topics: (Anthropology, Dance, Ethnomusicology)
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