ISBN:
9780226043074
,
9780226043104
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 265 p)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Paralleltitel:
Print version American Allegory
DDC:
305.896/073077311
Schlagwort(e):
Blacks Race identity 20th century
;
History
;
Whites Race identity 20th century
;
History
;
Lindy (Dance) History 20th century
;
African Americans Social conditions 20th century
;
Chicago (Ill.) Race relations 20th century
;
History
;
Dance and race
;
African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions -- 20th century
;
Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
;
Blacks -- Race identity -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century
;
Whites -- Race identity -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century
;
Lindy (Dance) -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century
;
Electronic books
;
Chicago, Ill.
;
Lindy
;
Schwarze
;
Ethnische Identität
;
Weiße
;
Geschichte 1901-2000
Kurzfassung:
"Perhaps," wrote Ralph Ellison more than seventy years ago, "the zoot suit contains profound political meaning; perhaps the symmetrical frenzy of the Lindy-hop conceals clues to great potential power." As Ellison noted then, many of our most mundane cultural forms are larger and more important than they appear, taking on great significance and an unexpected depth of meaning. What he saw in the power of the Lindy Hop-the dance that Life magazine once billed as "America's True National Folk Dance"-would spread from black America to make a lasting impression on white America and offer
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue: This Strange Dance; Lead In: The Cost Of Insight; Introduction: The Lindy Hop Revival; 1. Finding The Pocket; 2. Caught in the Act of Appropriation; 3. Put A Little Color On That!; 4. Steppin' Out Of Whiteness; Lead Out: Learning How To Make Life Swing; Conclusion: Toward New Territory; Notes; References; Index
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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