Dances with Spiders Alvin Magid

Dances with Spiders Alvin MagidFor 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

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speeches and essays by one of the Fathers of Pan-Africanism

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