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Dancing revolution : bodies, space, and sound in American cultural history /

"Smith's project reconfigures the understanding of public space as a site for symbolic contestation of social and political control by investigating historical moments of participatory vernacular dance. Smith focuses extensively on public venues, such as the street, dance hall, and theater...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, Christopher J. (Christopher John), 1959- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019]
Colección:Music in American life.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : "Callin' out, around the world ..."
  • Sacred bodies in the great awakenings
  • A tale of two cities I : akimbo bodies and the English Caribbean
  • Spaces, whistles, tags, and drums : irruptive noise
  • A tale of two cities II : festival and spectacle in the French Caribbean
  • Utopian movements and moments : shakers and ghost dancers
  • Blackface transformations I : modernism, primitivism, and race
  • Blackface transformations II : voyeurism, identity, and double-consciousness
  • Body and spirit in a post-1960s world : hippies, queens, punks, and B-boys
  • Street dance and the dream of Freedom : "It's an invitation across the nation ..."