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Giving definition to a new field of study, Meaning in Motion broadens the scope of dance analysis and extends to cultural studies new ways of approaching matters of embodiment, identity, and representation.Contributors. Ann Cooper Albright, Evan Alderson, Norman Bryson, Cynthia Cohen Bull, Ann Daly, Brenda Dixon Gottschild, Susan Foster, Mark Franko, Marianne Goldberg, Amy Koritz, Susan Kozel, Susan Manning, Randy Martin, Angela McRobbie, Kate Ramsey, Anna Scott, Janet Wolff  Free Download Francisco Cipolla Ficarra, Carlos de Castro Lozano, Emma Nicol, "Human Computer Interaction, Tourism and Cultural Heritage" English | 2011 | pages: 202 | ISBN: 3642183476 | PDF | 6,3 mb This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction, Tourism and Cultural Heritage, HCITOCH 2010, held in Brescello, Italy, in September 2010. The 17 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. 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