Susie Trenka

Broschiertes Buch

Jumping the Color Line

Vernacular Jazz Dance in American Film, 1929-1945

Beschreibung

With a majority of examples taken from marginal film forms, such as shorts and B movies, the book highlights their role in disseminating alternative images of racial and gender identities as embodied by dancers - images that were at least partly at odds with those typically found in major Hollywood productions.

Autor

Susie Trenka holds an MA in English and film studies and a PhD in film studies from the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Alongside her academic endeavours, she spent many years learning and teaching vernacular dance styles from the swing era, especially the Lindy hop. She now works as a translator, editor, and museum educator in New Orleans, where she is immersed in jazz culture and continues to learn about America's complex issues of race

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Libbey & Co
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 150mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 516g
• ISBN-13: 9780861967438
• ISBN-10: 0861967437
• Artikelnr.: 61191721