Digging the Africanist Presence in American Performance: Dance

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Digging the Africanist Presence in American Performance: Dance and Other Contexts

This ground-breaking work brings dance into current discussions of the African presence in American culture. Dixon Gottschild argues that the Africanist aesthetic has been invisibilized by the pervasive force of racism. This book provides evidence to correct and balance the record, investigating the Africanist presence as a conditioning factor in shaping American performance, onstage and in everyday life. She examines the Africanist presence in American dance forms particularly in George Balanchine's Americanized style of ballet, (post)modern dance, and blackface minstrelsy. Hip hop culture and rap are related to contemporary performance, showing how a disenfranchised culture affects the culture in power.
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Country USA
Brand Bloomsbury Academic
Manufacturer Praeger
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber illustrations, references, index
ReleaseDate 1998-06-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780275963736

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Dancing Many Drums: Excavations in African American Dance (Studies in Dance History) (Volume 19)

The Black Dancing Body: A Geography from Coon to Cool

African American Dance: An Illustrated History

Black Dance: From 1619 to Today

Composing while Dancing: An Improviser's Companion

Modern Dance, Negro Dance

Steppin' on the Blues: The Visible Rhythms of African American Dance (Folklore and Society)

Anatomy of Movement (Revised Edition)

Black Performance Theory

Dancing Many Drums: Excavations in African American Dance (Studies in Dance History) (Volume 19)

The Black Dancing Body: A Geography from Coon to Cool

African American Dance: An Illustrated History

Black Dance: From 1619 to Today

Composing while Dancing: An Improviser's Companion

Modern Dance, Negro Dance

Steppin' on the Blues: The Visible Rhythms of African American Dance (Folklore and Society)

Anatomy of Movement (Revised Edition)

Black Performance Theory

Country	USA
Brand	Bloomsbury Academic
Manufacturer	Praeger
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	illustrations, references, index
ReleaseDate	1998-06-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780275963736

Digging the Africanist Presence in American Performance: Dance and Other Contexts