Dancing Many Drums: Excavations in African American Dance

by Thomas F. DeFrantz

Book Overview

Few will dispute the profound influence that African American music and movement has had in American and world culture. Dancing Many Drums explores that influence through a groundbreaking collection of essays on African American dance history, theory, and practice. In so doing, it reevaluates "black" and "African American " as both racial and dance categories. Abundantly illustrated, the volume includes images of a wide variety of dance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299173143
• ISBN13: 9780299173142
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"