Katherine Dunham
Subtitle: dance and the African diaspora
By: Joanna Dee Das
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780190264871
Subjects: Women dancers; Anthropologists; Biography; African American dancers; Dancers
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: List of Illustrations; title: Preface and Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: Chapter 1: Becoming a New Negro in Chicago; title: Chapter 2: Finding a Politics of Diaspora in the Caribbean; title: Chapter 3: Aesthetics as Politics; title: Chapter 4: Race and Representation During World War II; title: Chapter 5: Rehearsal for Revolution : The Dunham School; title: Chapter 6: The Unofficial Ambassador of Diaspora  : Performing abroad; title: Chapter 7: Living Diaspora in Haiti and Senegal; title: Chapter 8: The Radical Humanist Meets the Black Power Revolution : Dunham in East St. Louis; title: Epilogue: Dunham's Legacy.