Dancing Many Drums: Excavations in African American Dance

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

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 reevaluates "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 discussions of dance instruction songs, the blues aesthetic, and Katherine Dunham's controversial ballet about lynching, Southland. In addition, there are two photo essays: the first on African dance in New York by noted dance photographer Mansa Mussa, and another on the 1934 "African opera" Kykunkor, or the Witch Woman.

Country	USA
Brand	University of Wisconsin Press
Manufacturer	University of Wisconsin Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	73 b&w photograhs, 2 illustrations
Color	Other
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780299173142
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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