How did Caribbean rituals helped form new currents in the performing and visual arts of the United States? This book answers this question through an examination of the Caribbean-inspired dance creations of dancer/choreographer Katherine Dunham and the experimental films of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren.
Tabela de Conteúdo
Preface
1. Introduction: Caribbean Performance: Dancing Transformation in Katherine Dunham’s and Maya Deren’s ‘Haitian Excursions’
2. Black Dance, Modern Dance, and the Caribbean: Locating the Work of Katherine Dunham and Maya Deren
3. Island Possessed: Dance Ethnography Performing the Caribbean
4. Maya Deren on Visualizing (Mediating) Vodou
Afterword: Caribbean Dis-Location
Sobre o autor
Lydia Platón Lázaro teaches at the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras.
Língua Inglês ● Formato PDF ● Páginas 197 ● ISBN 9781137471802 ● Tamanho do arquivo 0.9 MB ● Editora Palgrave Macmillan US ● Cidade New York ● Publicado 2015 ● Carregável 24 meses ● Moeda EUR ● ID 4542657 ● Proteção contra cópia DRM social