Ness, Sally (1995) When Seeing is Believing: The Changing Role of Visuality in a Philippine Dance. Anthropological Quarterly, 68 (1). pp. 1-13. ISSN 00035491 (print); 15341518 (online)
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This article explores the changing subjective and objective visual significance of the sinulog dance of Cebu City, Philippines-a pre-Hispanic healing ritual adapted to the folk Catholic worship of the Santo Niño, and recently transformed into a secular, "cultural" performance. In the new context, the objectifying visual aspects of the sinulog developed predominant and autonomous relationships to other sensory experiences of the dancing, in particular to kinesthetic experience. The development of this purified "visuality" reveals both the impact of changing historical conditions on the construction of the self-in-movement in the dancing, as well as the creative efforts of its practitioners to continue to find meaning in the practice in the midst of changing sociocultural circumstances.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cebu, dance, dance history, Sinulog |
| Depositing User: | Repo Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Apr 2017 13:35 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Apr 2017 13:35 |
| URI: | http://philippineperformance-repository.upd.edu.ph/id/eprint/396 |
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