Format:
Online-Ressource (382 p)
ISBN:
9780299173142
Series Statement:
Studies in Dance History v.19
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- African American Dance: A Complex History -- Part 1. Theory -- 1. Christian Conversion and the Challenge of Dance -- 2. Dance and Identity Politics in American Negro Vaudeville: The Whitman Sisters, 1900-1935 -- 3. Awkward Moves: Dance Lessons from the 1940s -- 4. (Up)Staging the Primitive: Pearl Primus and ''the Negro Problem'' in American Dance -- Part 2. Practice -- 5. African Dance in New York City -- 6. From ''Messin' Around'' to ''FunkyWestern Civilization'': The Rise and Fall of Dance Instruction Songs -- 7. ''Moves on Top of Blues'': Dianne McIntyre's Blues Aesthetic -- Part 3. History -- 8. Kykunkor, or the Witch Woman: An African Opera in America, 1934 -- 9. Between Two Eras: ''Norton and Margot'' in the Afro-American EntertainmentWorld -- 10. Katherine Dunham's Southland: Protest in the Face of Repression -- 11. The New York Negro Ballet in Great Britain -- Contributors -- Index.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""African American Dance: A Complex History""; ""Part 1. Theory""; ""1. Christian Conversion and the Challenge of Dance""; ""2. Dance and Identity Politics in American Negro Vaudeville: The Whitman Sisters, 1900-1935""; ""3. Awkward Moves: Dance Lessons from the 1940s""; ""4. (Up)Staging the Primitive: Pearl Primus and ''the Negro Problem'' in American Dance""; ""Part 2. Practice""; ""5. African Dance in New York City""; ""6. From ''Messin' Around'' to ''FunkyWestern Civilization'': The Rise and Fall of Dance Instruction Songs""
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""7. ''Moves on Top of Blues'': Dianne McIntyre's Blues Aesthetic""""Part 3. History""; ""8. Kykunkor, or the Witch Woman: An African Opera in America, 1934""; ""9. Between Two Eras: ''Norton and Margot'' in the Afro-American EntertainmentWorld""; ""10. Katherine Dunham's Southland: Protest in the Face of Repression""; ""11. The New York Negro Ballet in Great Britain""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780299173135
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780299173142
Additional Edition:
Print version Dancing Many Drums : Excavations in African American Dance
Language:
English
Keywords:
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