| Hot Feet and Social Change: African Dance and Diaspora Communities Contributor(s): Welsh, Kariamu (Editor), Diouf, Esailama (Editor), Daniel, Yvonne (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0252084772 ISBN-13: 9780252084775 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Dance - Regional & Ethnic - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - History | Caribbean & West Indies - General |
| Dewey: 793.319 |
| LCCN: 2019019862 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.46 lbs) 328 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The popularity and profile of African dance have exploded across the African diaspora in the last fifty years. Hot Feet and Social Change presents traditionalists, neo-traditionalists, and contemporary artists, teachers, and scholars telling some of the thousands of stories lived and learned by people in the field. Concentrating on eight major cities in the United States, the essays challenges myths about African dance while demonstrating its power to awaken identity, self-worth, and community respect. These voices of experience share personal accounts of living African traditions, their first encounters with and ultimate embrace of dance, and what teaching African-based dance has meant to them and their communities. Throughout, the editors alert readers to established and ongoing research, and provide links to critical contributions by African and Caribbean dance experts. Contributors: Ausettua Amor Amenkum, Abby Carlozzo, Steven Cornelius, Yvonne Daniel, Charles "Chuck" Davis, Esailama G. A. Diouf, Indira Etwaroo, Habib Iddrisu, Julie B. Johnson, C. Kemal Nance, Halifu Osumare, Amaniyea Payne, William Serrano-Franklin, and Kariamu Welsh |