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Rooted jazz dance : Africanist aesthetics and equity in the twenty-first century /

"Decolonizing contemporary jazz dance practice, this book examines the state of jazz dance theory, pedagogy, and choreography in the twenty-first century, recovering and affirming the lifeblood of jazz in Africanist aesthetics and Black American culture"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Guarino, Lindsay (Editor ), Jones, Carlos R. A. (Editor ), Oliver, Wendy (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2022]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Decolonizing contemporary jazz dance practice, this book examines the state of jazz dance theory, pedagogy, and choreography in the twenty-first century, recovering and affirming the lifeblood of jazz in Africanist aesthetics and Black American culture"--
Arguing that the history of jazz dance is closely tied to the history of racism in the United States, these essays challenge a century of misappropriation and lean in to difficult conversations of reparations for jazz dance. This volume overcomes a major roadblock to racial justice in the dance field by amplifying the people and culture responsible for the jazz language"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 316 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813057972
0813057973
9780813067254
0813067251
9780813072111
0813072115