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Dancing Many Drums: Excavations in African American Dance (Studies in Dance History)
Thomas F. Defrantz
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Description for Dancing Many Drums: Excavations in African American Dance (Studies in Dance History)
Paperback. This volume explores the influence of African American music on world culture. It brings together issues of race, gender, politics, history and dance, includes discussions of dance instruction songs, the blues aesthetic, and Katherine Dunham's controversial ballet about lynching, "Southland". Editor(s): DeFrantz, Thomas F. Series: Studies in Dance History. Num Pages: 352 pages, 73 b&w photograhs, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASD; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
Few will dispute the profound influence that African American music and movement has had in American and world culture. ""Dancing Many Drums"" explores that influence through a groundbreaking collection of essays on African American dance history, theory and practice. In so doing, it reevalautes ""black"" and ""African American"" as both racial and dance categories. Abundantly illustrated, the volume includes images of a wide variety of dance forms and performers, from ring shouts, vaudeville and social dances to professional dance companies and Hollywood movie dancing. Bringing together issues of race, gender, politics, history and dance, ""Dancing Many Drums"" ranges widely, including ... Read more
Few will dispute the profound influence that African American music and movement has had in American and world culture. ""Dancing Many Drums"" explores that influence through a groundbreaking collection of essays on African American dance history, theory and practice. In so doing, it reevalautes ""black"" and ""African American"" as both racial and dance categories. Abundantly illustrated, the volume includes images of a wide variety of dance forms and performers, from ring shouts, vaudeville and social dances to professional dance companies and Hollywood movie dancing. Bringing together issues of race, gender, politics, history and dance, ""Dancing Many Drums"" ranges widely, including ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Dance History
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299173142
SKU
V9780299173142
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About Thomas F. Defrantz
Thomas F. DeFrantz is associate professor of music and theater arts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In addition to scholarly articles, he has written on dance for the Village Voice and Philadelphia Inquirer. He is a dancer and choreographer and directs the dance history program at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center.
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