Choreographing the folk : the dance stagings of Zora Neale Hurston /

Choreographing the folk : the dance stagings of Zora Neale Hurston / Anthea Kraut.

This book details the theatrical productions of writer Zora Neale Hurston and their influence on American dance in the 1930s. It describes Hurston's revues and the Bahamian dancers she worked with, her efforts to produce a folk aesthetic in response to commercialized representations of black cu...

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Main Author: Kraut, Anthea.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Hurston, Zora Neale > Criticism and interpretation.
Hurston, Zora Neale > Knowledge > Folklore.
African American dance > History.
African Americans > Folklore.
African Americans in the performing arts.
Dance > United States > History.
Jazz dance > History.
Choreography.
Simmons University. > Library. > Gifts. Smith

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Call Number: GV1624.7.A34 K73 2008
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