Choreographing in Color: Filipinos, Hip-Hop, and the Cultural Politics of Euphemism

by J Lorenzo Perillo

Book Overview

In Choreographing in Color, J. Lorenzo Perillo investigates the development of Filipino popular dance and performance since the late 20th century. Drawing from nearly two decades of ethnography, choreographic analysis, and community engagement with artists, choreographers, and organizers, Perillo shifts attention away from the predominant Philippine neoliberal and U.S. imperialist emphasis on Filipinos as superb mimics, heroic migrants, model minorities,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019005428X
• ISBN13: 9780190054281
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"