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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"--
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Other Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Gainesville, FL :
University Press of Florida,
[2022]
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | "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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 316 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813057972 0813057973 9780813067254 0813067251 9780813072111 0813072115 |