Sense of motion, senses of self: Becoming a dancer

Ethnos

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 444-465

  Potter, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body; Dance; Heat; Kinaesthesia; Senses; Touch; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 57949098503     PISSN: 00141844     EISSN: 1469588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00141840802563915     Document Type: Article

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