Joanna Dee Das (Washington University Assistant Professor of Dance

Katherine Dunham

Dance and the African Diaspora

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Produktbeschreibung

This new biography of American dancer and choreographer Katherine Dunham draws upon a vast, never-utilized archival record to show how she was more than a dancer and anthropologist, but also an intellectual and activist.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 161mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 650g
• ISBN-13: 9780190264871
• ISBN-10: 019026487X
• Artikelnr.: 47864446

Autorenporträt

Joanna Dee Das is an assistant professor of dance at Washington University in St. Louis. She received her PhD in history and is a Certified Dunham Technique instructor. Her writing has appeared in Dance Research Journal, Journal of American History, Journal of African American History, Journal of Urban History, and Studies in Musical Theatre.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Becoming a New Negro
Chapter 2: Finding a Politics of Diaspora in the Caribbean
Chapter 3: Aesthetics as Politics
Chapter 4: Race and Representation During World War II
Chapter 5: Rehearsal for Revolution at the Dunham School
Chapter 6: The Unofficial Ambassador of Diaspora
Chapter 7: Living Diaspora in Haiti and Senegal
Chapter 8: The Radical Humanist Meets the Black Power Revolution in East St. Louis
Epilogue: Dunham's Legacy
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index