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The dance claimed me : a biography of Pearl Primus /

"Pearl Primus (1919-1994) blazed onto the dance scene in 1943 with stunning works that incorporated social and racial protest into their dance aesthetic. In The Dance Claimed Me, Peggy and Murray Schwartz, friends and colleagues of Primus, offer an intimate perspective on her life and explore h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Schwartz, Peggy (Autor), Schwartz, Murray (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [2011]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • One. From Laventille to Camp Wo-Chi-Ca
  • Two. A life in dance
  • Three. African transformations
  • Four. Teaching, traveling, and the FBI
  • Five. Trinidad communities
  • Six. Return to Africa
  • Seven. The PhD
  • Eight. The turn to teaching and return to the stage
  • Nine. Academic trials and triumphs
  • Ten. Transmitting the work
  • Eleven. Barbados: return to the sea.