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

Informationen zum Autor Jacqui Malone is an associate professor of drama, theater, and dance at Queens College, Flushing, New York, and a former member of the Eleo Pomare Dance Company. She has published articles in The Black Perspective in Music and Dance Research Journal.   Klappentext This book explores not only the meaning of dance in African American life but also the ways in which music, song, and dance are interrelated in African American culture. Beyond that it has been, finally, one of the most important means of cultural survival. Zusammenfassung This award-winning cultural history of black dance explores the meaning of dance in African-American life and the connections among music! song! and dance in African-American culture.

Product details

• Authors: Jacqui Malone
• Publisher: University Of Illinois Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.1996
• EAN: 9780252065088
• ISBN: 978-0-252-06508-8
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Folklore and Society (Paperbac; Folklore and Society; Folklore and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Jazz, Blues