Dr. Serouj "Midus" Aprahamian (Urbana-Champ University of Illinois

The Birth of Breaking

Hip-Hop History from the Floor Up
Herausgeber: Falola, Toyin; Adelakun, Abimbola

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Produktbeschreibung

The untold story of how breaking â one of the most widely practiced dance forms in the world today â began as a distinctly African American expression in the Bronx, New York, during the 1970s.

Produktdetails

• Black Literary and Cultural Expressions
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 663526
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 151mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9781501394300
• ISBN-10: 1501394304
• Artikelnr.: 66168353

Autorenporträt

Serouj "Midus" Aprahamian is Assistant Professor of Dance at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. He has been active in the breaking world since 1997, under the name Midus, gaining notoriety internationally for his unique, abstract style. His scholarly writings have appeared in the Journal of Black Studies, Dance Research Journal, Oxford African American Studies Center, and The Oxford Handbook of Hip Hop Dance Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
1. Detecting Breaking's Beginnings
2. Going Off in the Bronx
3. Keeping the Movement Moving
4. Make Way for the B-Boys
5. Mothers of the Movement
6. Breaking's Latino Adoption
Epilogue: Back to the Beginning
Notes
Index