Caribbean and Atlantic Diaspora Dance: Igniting Citizenship - Softcover

Daniel, Yvonne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0252078268 ISBN 13: 9780252078262

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2011

Synopsis

 

In Caribbean and Atlantic Diaspora Dance: Igniting Citizenship, Yvonne Daniel provides a sweeping cultural and historical examination of diaspora dance genres. In discussing relationships among African, Caribbean, and other diasporic dances, Daniel investigates social dances brought to the islands by Europeans and Africans, including quadrilles and drum-dances as well as popular dances that followed, such as Carnival parading, Pan-Caribbean danzas, rumba, meringue, mambo, reggae, and zouk. Daniel reviews sacred dance and closely documents combat dances, such as Martinican ladja, Trinidadian kalinda, and Cuban juego de maní. In drawing on scores of performers and consultants from the region as well as on her own professional dance experience and acumen, Daniel adeptly places Caribbean dance in the context of cultural and economic globalization, connecting local practices to transnational and global processes and emphasizing the important role of dance in critical regional tourism.

About this title

Book Description:

A vital resource for historical and contemporary Caribbean dance practices

About the Author:

 

Yvonne Daniel is a professor emerita of dance and Afro-American studies at Smith College and the author of Dancing Wisdom: Embodied Knowledge in Haitian Vodou, Cuban Yoruba, and Bahian Candomble.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0252078268
• ISBN 13: 9780252078262
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 266