Defiant Itineraries: Caribbean Paradigms in American Dance and Film (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781137475534)

How did Caribbean rituals helped form new currents in the performing and visual arts of the United States? This book answers this question through an examination of the Caribbean-inspired dance creations of dancer/choreographer Katherine Dunham and the experimental films of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren. An intercultural discussion that refers to alternative subjectivities for black dancing bodies within the existing paradigms of the American public, Plat L痙aro reflects on the cultural discourses in the two contemporary artistic fields of dance and film.

Author: Lydia Plat L痙aro
ISBN-10: 1137475536
ISBN-13: 9781137475534
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 08/06/2015
Pages: 197
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d