Digging the Africanist Presence in American Performance

Dance and Other Contexts

Häftad, Engelska, 1998

Av Brenda D. Gottschild, Brenda Dixon Gottschild

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This ground-breaking work brings dance into current discussions of the African presence in American culture. Dixon Gottschild argues that the Africanist aesthetic has been invisibilized by the pervasive force of racism. This book provides evidence to correct and balance the record, investigating the Africanist presence as a conditioning factor in shaping American performance, onstage and in everyday life. She examines the Africanist presence in American dance forms particularly in George Balanchine's Americanized style of ballet, (post)modern dance, and blackface minstrelsy. Hip hop culture and rap are related to contemporary performance, showing how a disenfranchised culture affects the culture in power.

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Utgivningsdatum1998-06-30
Mått156 x 235 x 17 mm
Vikt340 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor224
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780275963736

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BRENDA DIXON GOTTSCHILD is Professor Emerita of Dance at Temple University. Formerly a professional dancer and actress, she is the Philadelphia critic for Dancemagazine and has published articles in The Drama Review, Dance Research Journal, Design for Arts in Education, and The Black American Literature Forum. She is coauthor of the third and most recent edition of The History of Dance in Art and Education.

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionUp from Under: The Africanist PresenceFirst Premises of an Africanist AestheticDon't Take Away My Picasso: Cultural Borrowing and the Afro-Euro-American TriangleBarefoot and Hot, Sneakered and Cool: Africanist Subtexts in Modern and Postmodern DanceStripping the Emperor: George Balanchine and the Americanization of BalletPast Imperfect: Performance, Power, and Politics on the Minstrel StageDance and Theater in a Multicultural Context: Who Stole the Soul, Who Takes the "Rap," or Free To Be You and Me?IllustrationsReferencesIndex