Steppin' on the blues : the visible rhythms of African American dance / Jacqui Malone.

Author/creator Malone, Jacqui
Format Book
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, ©1996.
Descriptionxiii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents "Gimme de kneebone bent" : music and dance in Africa -- "Keep to the rhythm and you'll keep to life" : the style of African American vernacular dance -- Overture to vocal choreography : vernacular dance on "stage" (slavery 1950) -- "Let the punishment fit the crime" : the vocal choreography of Cholly Atkins -- The history of bands : from African rituals to New Orleans : second lines: the FAMU marching 100 : historical overview--colonial America to World War I -- The FAMU marching 100 : from ballpark bleachers to national TV -- African American secret societies : remebering the past and facing the future fraternities and sororities : "a way of remembering" -- Stepping : regeneration through dance in African American fraternities and sororities : regeneration through dance.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [215]-251) and index.
LCCN 95004413
ISBN0252022114 (acid-free paper)
ISBN0252065085 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks GV1624.7.A34 M35 1996 ✔ Available Place Hold