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The dance claimed me : a biography of Pearl Primus /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Schwartz, Peggy (Author), Schwartz, Murray (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [2011]
Subjects:
Primus, Pearl.
Dancers > United States > Biography.
African American dancers > Biography.
Choreographers > United States > Biography.
African American dance > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • One. From Laventille to Camp Wo-Chi-Ca
  • Two. A Life in Dance
  • Three. African Transformations
  • Four. Teaching, Traveling, and the FBI
  • Five. Trinidad Communities
  • Six. Return to Africa
  • Seven. The PhD
  • Eight. The Turn to Teaching and Return to the Stage
  • Nine. Academic Trials and Triumphs
  • Ten. Transmitting the Work
  • Eleven. Barbados : Return to the Sea.