Dances with Spiders
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Dances with Spiders

Crisis, Celebrity and Celebration in Southern Italy

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Dances with Spiders

Crisis, Celebrity and Celebration in Southern Italy

About this book

For 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 has anything to do with the historic ritual of tarantism or with the intention of recovering well-being. While personal stories and experiences may confirm the latter, a vital shift has appeared in the Salento: from the confrontation of life crises to the vibrant promotion and celebration of a local sense of identity and celebrity.

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Table of contents

  1. Title page-Dances with Spiders
  2. Contents
  3. List of Illustrations
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Preface
  6. Introduction
  7. Part I-Past and Present Spider Webs
  8. CH 1-Seeking St Paul
  9. CH 2-Webs through Time
  10. Part II-The Spider's Cult Today
  11. CH 3-Curing Myths and fictive cures
  12. CH 4-Ads and antidotes
  13. CH 5-Sensing Identities and Well-being
  14. Part III-From Ritual to Limelight
  15. CH 6-Spider WoMen transfixed
  16. CH 7-Tarantula threads and showbiz airs
  17. CH 8-Spider WoMen transformed
  18. Part IV-Conclusion
  19. CH 9-Dancing Beyond Spiders
  20. Epilogue
  21. Bibliography
  22. Filmography
  23. Index

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