{"product_id":"dancing-many-drums-excavations-in-african-american-dance-9780299173142","title":"Dancing Many Drums: Excavations in African American Dance","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Thomas F. Defrantz\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Dance - Folk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew will dispute the profound influence that African American music and movement has had in American and world culture. \u003ci\u003eDancing Many Drums\u003c\/i\u003e explores that influence through a groundbreaking collection of essays on African American dance history, theory, and practice. In so doing, it reevaluates \"black\" and \"African American \" as both racial and dance categories. Abundantly illustrated, the volume includes images of a wide variety of dance forms and performers, from ring shouts, vaudeville, and social dances to professional dance companies and Hollywood movie dancing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBringing together issues of race, gender, politics, history, and dance, \u003ci\u003eDancing Many Drums\u003c\/i\u003e ranges widely, including discussions of dance instruction songs, the blues aesthetic, and Katherine Dunham's controversial ballet about lynching, \u003ci\u003eSouthland\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition, there are two photo essays: the first on African dance in New York by noted dance photographer Mansa Mussa, and another on the 1934 \"African opera,\" \u003ci\u003eKykunkor, or the Witch Woman\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46312131657879,"sku":"9780299173142","price":1969.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780299173142.webp?v=1767704233","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/dancing-many-drums-excavations-in-african-american-dance-9780299173142","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}