Since the world of technology emerged, the appealing characteristic of an entity that was natural has held the curiosity of men. The "Gestures of Self-Protection," submerges into this fascination with something natural that is unaffected by technology and "new world" views. Ethnography tries to capture the essence of what was. "Gesture of Self Protection" examined salvage ethnography, which is the idea of reconstruction of something natural. The urgency of this kind of work comes from …showed first 75 words of 446 total…

…showed last 75 words of 446 total…calling. Even in today's society, the stereotype that all Black people are born with rhythm still exist; for a matter of fact, it is alive and kicking! I do animatedly challenge his notion that African Dance is not to the same degree intellectual as European dance. In the fashion of so many ethnographers before him, Levinson fails to remove his European influence out of his mind before objectively viewing and reporting on an Ethnic group.