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Katherine Dunham : dance and the African diaspora /

Das, Joanna Dee,

Katherine Dunham : dance and the African diaspora / Joanna Dee Das. - xi, 276 pages ; 25 cm

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Machine generated contents note: -- List of Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Becoming a New Negro -- Chapter 2: Finding a Politics of Diaspora in the Caribbean -- Chapter 3: Aesthetics as Politics -- Chapter 4: Race and Representation During World War II -- Chapter 5: Rehearsal for Revolution at the Dunham School -- Chapter 6: The Unofficial Ambassador of Diaspora -- Chapter 7: Living Diaspora in Haiti and Senegal -- Chapter 8: The Radical Humanist Meets the Black Power Revolution in East St. Louis -- Epilogue: Dunham's Legacy -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN: 9780190264871 (hardback)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Dunham, Katherine

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African American anthropologists--Biography.
African American dancers--Biography.
Anthropologists--Biography.--United States
Dancers--United States--Biography.
Women dancers--United States--Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts.
PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Modern.

LC Class. No.: GV1785.D82 / D44 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 792.8092 B