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.
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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
Despre autor
Lydia Platón Lázaro teaches at the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras.
Limba Engleză ● Format PDF ● Pagini 197 ● ISBN 9781137471802 ● Mărime fișier 0.9 MB ● Editura Palgrave Macmillan US ● Oraș New York ● Publicat 2015 ● Descărcabil 24 luni ● Valută EUR ● ID 4542657 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor DRM social
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