Digging the Africanist Presence in American Performance
Digging the Africanist Presence in American Performance
副标题: Dance and Other Contexts
ISBN: 9780275963736
出版社: Praeger
出版年: 1998-6-30
页数: 224
定价: USD 35.00
装帧: Paperback
内容简介
This ground-breaking work brings dance into current discussions of the African presence in American culture. Dixon Gottschild argues that the Africanist aesthetic has been "invisibilized" by the pervasive force of racism. This book provides evidence to correct and balance the record, investigating the Africanist presence as a conditioning factor in shaping American performance, onstage and in everyday life. She examines the Africanist presence in American dance forms particularly in George Balanchine's Americanized style of ballet, (post)modern dance, and blackface minstrelsy. Hip hop culture and rap are related to contemporary performance, showing how a disenfranchised culture affects the culture in power.