Hot Feet and Social Change - African Dance and Diaspora Communities (Paperback)

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

General

Imprint:	University of Illinois Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2019
First published:	2019
Editors:	Kariamu Welsh • Esailama Diouf • Yvonne Daniel
Foreword by:	Thomas F. DeFrantz
Preface by:	Danny Glover • Harry Belafonte • James Counts Early
Contributors:	Ausettua Amor Amenkum • Abby Carlozzo • Steven Cornelius
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	328
ISBN-13:	978-0-252-08477-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Dance > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-252-08477-2
Barcode:	9780252084775

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