Overview
- Remedies the distinct lack of publication on Dance of the African Diaspora from a post-colonial British perspective
- Includes work from scholars and artists from across the field of dance
- Explores the multi-layered, multi-dimensional nature of artists and artistic work from within the spectrums of ‘Blackness', ‘Britishness’, and ‘dance’
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Part I
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Part II
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Reviews
“An important treaty to the significance of dance community challenging dominant stereotypes and structures that reproduce social inequalities, this book makes a vital and exciting contribution to the dance field, mapping humanizing possibilities dance can offer the 21st century.” (Doug Risner, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of Journal of Dance Education and Associate Editor of Research in Dance Education)
“This informative book is not just for scholarly research, but highlights the importance of artist discovery, journey development, and the understanding and practice of dance-art forms in Britain. Journeys we have witnessed in each other.” (Jackie Guy, MBE, CD, Teacher and Choreographer)
“An urgent offering to the expanding field of Dance Studies! Exploring a range of artistic practices from a variety of research perspectives, this volume affirms the deep histories of the embodied arts in Black Britain. These potent essays demonstrate that the moving body makes meaning through experience. A vibrant animation of the narrative turn of dance scholarship, this book is required reading for everyone in dance and cultural studies.” (Thomas F. DeFrantz, Founding Director of the Collegium for African Diaspora Dance)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Narratives in Black British Dance
Book Subtitle: Embodied Practices
Editors: Adesola Akinleye
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70314-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-70313-8Published: 20 February 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-70314-5Published: 08 February 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXII, 296
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: Popular Science in Cultural and Media Studies, Dance, Performing Arts