Katherine Dunham : dance and the African diaspora / Joanna Dee Das.
- Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
- Format/Description:
- Book
xi, 276 pages ; 25 cm - Status/Location:
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- Subjects:
- Dunham, Katherine.
Dancers -- United States -- Biography.
Women dancers -- United States -- Biography.
African American dancers -- Biography.
Anthropologists -- United States -- Biography.
African American anthropologists -- Biography.
African American anthropologists.
African American dancers.
Anthropologists.
Dancers.
Women dancers.
United States. - Form/Genre:
- Biography.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note:
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. - Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780190264871
019026487X
9780190264901
019026490X - OCLC:
- 961408226