The land of remorse : a study of southern Italian tarantism

Foreword / Vincent Crapanzano -- Translator's Note / Dorothy Louise Zinn -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Tarantism And Disease -- 3. The Symbolic Autonomy Of Tarantism -- 4. The Inoperative Symbol -- 5. Remorse In The Dog Days -- 6. Tarantism And The Economy -- 7. Tarantism And Catholicism -- 8. The Ritual Setting And Its Objects -- 9. Choreutic-musical Symbolism -- 10. The Symbolism Of Color -- 11. The Symbolism Of Season -- 12. The Ritual In Action And Individual Symbolism -- 13. The Symbol Of The Taranta -- Illustrations -- The Choreutic Cycle Of Maria Of Nardo -- The Choreutic Cycle Of Rosaria Of Nardo -- The Symbolic Reconstruction Of The Scene Of The First Bite -- Scenes In The Chapel And In The Street -- Forms Analogous To Apulian Tarantism In The Mediterranean World -- Going Back In Time -- 14. Parallels In Ethnology And Folklore -- 15. The Symbolism Of Oistros -- 16. The Symbolism Of Aioresis -- 17. The Musical Catharsis -- 18. The Medieval Origins Of Tarantism -- 19. Tarantism, Natural Magic And The Enlightenment -- 20. Towards A Historicist Perspective -- App. 1. Neuropsychiatric Considerations On Tarantism / Giovanni Jervis -- App. 2. Problems Of Psychology In The Study Of Tarantism / Letizia Jervis-comba -- App. 3. The Choreutic-musical Exorcism Of Tarantism / Diego Carpitella -- App. 4. Data Regarding The Economic Conditions Of The Tarantati / Amalia Signorelli -- App. 5. Problems Of Intervention / Ernest De Martino And Vittoria De Palma. Ernesto De Martino, Translated And Annotated By Dorothy Louise Zinn; Foreword By Vincent Crapanzano. Translation Of: La Terra Del Rimorso (milan : Saggiatore, 1961). Includes Bibliography And Indexes. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 322-326) And Indexes.