Choreographing in Color - Filipinos, Hip-Hop, and the Cultural Politics of Euphemism

In Choreographing in Color, J. Lorenzo Perillo draws on nearly two decades of ethnography, choreographic analysis, and community engagement to ask: what does it mean for Filipinos to navigate violent forces of empire and neoliberalism with street dance and Hip-Hop?

List of contents

• Introduction: Choreographing in Color


• Chapter 1: Zombies and Prisoner Rehabilitation


• Chapter 2: Heroes and Filipino Migrations


• Chapter 3: Robots and Affirmative Choreographies


• Chapter 4: Judges and International Competitions


• Conclusion: Hip-Hop Ambassadors and Conventions


• Notes


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

J. Lorenzo Perillo is Assistant Professor of Theatre and Dance at the University of Hawai'i, Mānoa.

Summary

In Choreographing in Color, J. Lorenzo Perillo draws on nearly two decades of ethnography, choreographic analysis, and community engagement to ask: what does it mean for Filipinos to navigate violent forces of empire and neoliberalism with street dance and Hip-Hop?

Additional text

Perillo's sophisticated research, in this chapter and across the entire book, plumbs popular dance phenomena to ask how numerous histories of empire and racial capitalism disperse culture and bodies in violent ways, and to document the creative tactics transnational Filipinos use to assemble critique, pleasure, and style.

Product details

• Authors: J Lorenzo Perillo, J. Lorenzo Perillo, J. Lorenzo (Assistant Professor of Theatr Perillo, J. Lorenzo (Assistant Professor of Theatre and Dance Perillo
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780190054281
• ISBN: 978-0-19-005428-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Ethnic Studies, Cultural Studies, Rap and Hip Hop, Rap & Hip-Hop, Philippines, Contemporary Dance, Black & Asian Studies, Hispanic & Latino Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Regional & Cultural, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity