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National Rhythms, African Roots - The Deep History of Latin American Popular Dance (Paperback, New)
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National Rhythms, African Roots - The Deep History of Latin American Popular Dance (Paperback, New)
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When John Charles Chasteen learned that Simon Bolivar, the
Liberator, danced on a banquet table to celebrate Latin American
independence in 1824, he tried to visualise the scene. How, he
wondered, did the Liberator dance? Did he bounce stiffly in his
dress uniform? Or did he move his hips? In other words, how high
had African dance influences reached in Latin American societies? A
vast social gap separated Bolivar from people of African descent;
however, Chasteen's research shows that popular culture could
bridge the gap. Fast-paced and often funny, this book explores the
history of Latin American popular dance before the twentieth
century. Chasteen first focuses on Havana, Buenos Aires, and Rio de
Janeiro, where dances featuring a 'transgressive close embrace'
(forerunners of today's salsa, tango, and samba) emerged by 1900.
Then, digging deeper in time, Chasteen uncovers the historical
experiences that moulded Latin American popular dance, including
carnival celebrations, the social lives of slaves, European
fashions, and, oddly enough, religious processions. The
relationship between Latin American dance and nationalism, it turns
out, is very deep, indeed.
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