- Description
- 1 online resource (x, 246 p.)
- Uniform Title
- Choreographies of African identities (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Choreographies of African identities (Online)
- Subjects
- Note
- Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of California, Riverside.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-235) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction : positionality and the choreography of theory -- The National Ballet of Senegal at a theatre in California -- African dance, Africanist discourse, and negritude -- The National Ballet of Senegal at a theatre in Dakar -- Sabar dances and a women's public sphere -- Tales of betrayals -- The circulation of dances on and off the stage -- Urban ballets and the professionalization of dance -- Exploiting terànga -- Conclusion : negritude reconsidered.
- ISBN
- 9780252030277 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0252030273 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780252072680 (paper : alk. paper)
- 0252072685 (paper : alk. paper)
- 9780252090783 (epub) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2005011094
- OCLC
- ssj0000543258
- Author
Castaldi, Francesca, 1964-
- Title
Choreographies of African identities [electronic resource] : négritude, dance, and the National Ballet of Senegal / Francesca Castaldi.
- Imprint
Urbana ; Chicago : University of Illinois Press, c2006.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-235) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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