11%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Jookin': The Rise of Social Dance Formations in African-American Culture
Katrina Hazzard-Gordon
€ 36.99
€ 32.80
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Jookin': The Rise of Social Dance Formations in African-American Culture
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ASD; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
Katrina Hazzard-Gordon offers the first analysis of the development of the jook-an underground cultural institution created by the black working class-together with other dance arenas in African-American culture. Beginning with the effects of African slaves' middle passage experience on their traditional dances, she traces the unique and virtually autonomous dance culture that developed in the rural South. Like the blues, these secular dance forms and institutions were brought north and urbanized by migrating blacks. In northern cities, some aspects of black dance became integrated into white culture and commercialized. Focusing on ten African-American dance arenas from the period of enslavement ... Read more
Katrina Hazzard-Gordon offers the first analysis of the development of the jook-an underground cultural institution created by the black working class-together with other dance arenas in African-American culture. Beginning with the effects of African slaves' middle passage experience on their traditional dances, she traces the unique and virtually autonomous dance culture that developed in the rural South. Like the blues, these secular dance forms and institutions were brought north and urbanized by migrating blacks. In northern cities, some aspects of black dance became integrated into white culture and commercialized. Focusing on ten African-American dance arenas from the period of enslavement ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Temple University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
Weight
295g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9780877229568
SKU
V9780877229568
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Katrina Hazzard-Gordon
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.
Reviews for Jookin': The Rise of Social Dance Formations in African-American Culture
Here's a book I've longed for-historically rich, empirically inspired and, above all, reverent to the funk and drive and moral spirit of the Grand Atlantic Black Dance Tradition. -Robert Farris Thompson We glean just how rich the black dance tradition is from this vibrant, engaging social history, which hops from the decks of slave ships to ... Read more