Tap dancing America : a cultural history / Constance Valis Hill.
| Author/creator | Hill, Constance Valis |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015. |
| Copyright Date | ©2010 |
| Description | xviii, 441 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Trickster Gods and rapparees (1650-1900) -- Buck-and-wing (turn of the century) -- Over-the-top and in-the-trenches (teens) -- Simply full of jazz (twenties) -- Swing time (thirties) -- Jumpin' jive (forties) -- Beat, bebop, birth of the cool (fifties) -- Tap happenings (sixties) -- Nostalgia, and all that tap (seventies) -- Black and blue (eighties) -- Noise and funk (nineties) -- Hoofing in heels (millennium). |
| Abstract | The first comprehensive, fully documented history of a uniquely American art form, exploring all aspects of the intricate musical and social exchange that evolved from Afro-Irish percussive step dances like the jig, gioube, buck-and-wing, and juba to the work of such contemporary tap luminaries as Gregory Hines, Brenda Bufalino, Dianne Walker, and Savion Glover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-408) and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| ISBN | 9780190225384 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 0190225386 (paperback) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | GV1794 .H485 2015 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |