Hip Hop Dance : Meanings and Messages

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walter, Carla Stalling, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hip-hop dance--Social aspects.

Hip-hop dance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tracing the African American dance from the Diaspora to the dance floor, this book covers a social history germane not only to the African American experience, but also to the global experience of laborers who learn lessons from hip hop dance. Examining hip hop dance as text, as commentary, and as a function of identity construction within the confines of consumerism, the book draws on popular cultural images from films, commercials, and dance studios. A bibliography, discography, and filmography are included. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination cop

Contents:

Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I: Hip Hop Innovation ; 1. Theorizing Hip Hop Dance; 2. African Diaspora; 3. Feminist Re-View of Hip Hop Dance; Part II: Hip Hop Appropriation ; 4. Theorizing Hip Hop Dance Consumption; 5. Furthering Globalization and Capital Formation; 6. Hip Hop Dance Codification and Commoditization; Epilogue; Bibliography; Videography; Discography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4766-0114-3

OCLC:

608020171