E-Book, Englisch, 197 Seiten, eBook
Platón Lázaro Defiant Itineraries
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-47180-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
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Caribbean Paradigms in American Dance and Film
E-Book, Englisch, 197 Seiten, eBook
ISBN: 978-1-137-47180-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
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