The Negro Dance

Katherine Dunham’s The Negro Dance (1941) focuses on dances in the West Indies and on their similarities with North American dance forms rooted in African culture. Though backed up by the New Negro arguments of the time, it shows Dunham’s prominent elaboration of a dignified African-American art bas...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Katherine Dunham, Marie-Christine Dunham Pratt, Rossella Mazzaglia, Cristiana Natali
Format: Article
Language:Italian
Published: University of Bologna 2016-12-01
Series:Danza e Ricerca
Online Access:https://danzaericerca.unibo.it/article/view/6629