Defiant itineraries : Caribbean paradigms in American dance and film /
"This study looks at the ways in which Caribbean rituals helped form new currents in the performing and visual arts of the United States starting in the 1940's. It highlights the way the Caribbean inspired dance creations of dancer, choreographer Katherine Dunham and filmmaker Maya Deren&#...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2015.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "This study looks at the ways in which Caribbean rituals helped form new currents in the performing and visual arts of the United States starting in the 1940's. It highlights the way the Caribbean inspired dance creations of dancer, choreographer Katherine Dunham and filmmaker Maya Deren's own incorporation of Caribbean dance in experimental film, enacted strategies to enhance the politics of performances of identity that consider history, embodied experience, strategies for liberation, survival, and memory. It proposes an intercultural discussion that refers to alternative subjectivities for Black dancing bodies within the existing paradigms of the American public"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 197 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781137475534 1137475536 |