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Dancing with the Virgin: Body and Faith in the Fiesta of Tortugas, New Mexico Deidre Sklar
Dancing with the Virgin: Body and Faith in the Fiesta of Tortugas, New Mexico
Deidre Sklar
A study and movement analysis of the sacred dances and the 'backstage' work involved in the festival that take the author deep into the life of the community, as dancer, participant-observer, and self-interrogating woman merge in a vividly narrated experience of 'communal sacred time.'
241 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations, 3 maps, 3 music examples.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | March 16, 2001 |
| ISBN13 | 9780520227910 |
| Publishers | University of California Press |
| Pages | 241 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 18 mm · 408 g |