Digging the Africanist Presence in American Performance: Dance and Other Contexts

by Brenda Dixon Gottschild

Book Overview

This ground-breaking work brings dance into current discussions of the African presence in American culture. Dixon Gottschild argues that the Africanist aesthetic has been invisibilized by the pervasive force of racism. This book provides evidence to correct and balance the record, investigating the Africanist presence as a conditioning factor in shaping American performance, onstage and in everyday life. She examines the Africanist presence in American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 027596373X
• ISBN13: 9780275963736
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"