Katrina Hazzard-Gordon

Jookin'

The Rise of Social Dance Formations in African-American Culture

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Produktbeschreibung

Offers an analysis of the development of the jook, an underground cultural institution created by the black working class with other dance arenas in African-American culture. Presenting the effects of African slaves' middle passage experience on their traditional dances, this work traces the unique dance culture that developed in the rural South.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Temple University Press, U.S.
• Seitenzahl: 277
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. März 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 209mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 282g
• ISBN-13: 9780877229568
• ISBN-10: 0877229562
• Artikelnr.: 22189341

Autorenporträt

Katrina Hazzard-Gordon is Associate Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University, Camden, and the founder and director of the Diaspora Dance Theatre and Research Group.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments 1. Dancing Under the Lash The Middle Passage
The Plantation Environment
Bals du Cordon Bleu 2. Shoddy Confines: The Jook Continuum The Great Transition
Jook Houses, Honky-Tonks, After-Hours Joints
Rent Parties, Chittlin' Struts, Blue Monday Affairs 3. Upper Shadies and Urban Politics Monday Night at the Paradise Ballroom
Bells, Buzzers, and Air of Legitimacy
Night Clubs, Show Bars, Cabaret Parties
Dancin' in the Streets
Black Elite Affairs Postscript Notes Index