Making Caribbean Dance : Continuity and Creativity in Island Cultures.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sloat, Susanna.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dance.

Caribbean Area.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (455 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2010.

Summary:

Delving into the many dance traditions of the Caribbean islands, this book connects these dance forms with the rich multicultural histories and complex identities of the region.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Island Connections

1. Rigidigidim De Bamba De: A Calypso Journey from Start to …

2. Tangled Roots: Kalenda and Other Neo-African Dances in the Circum-Caribbean

Cuba

3. Rumba Encounters: Transculturation of Cuban Rumba in American and European Ballrooms

4. My Experience and Experiments in Caribbean Dance

5. The Africanness of Dance in Cuba

6. Secrets Under the Skin: They Brought the Essence of Africa

7. Haitian Migration and Danced Identity in Eastern Cuba

Jamaica

8. When Jamaica Dances: Context and Content

9. Dance, Divas, Queens, and Kings: Dance and Culture in Jamaican Dancehall

10. Ghanaian Gome and Jamaican Kumina: West African Influences

Haiti

11. Chimin Kwaze: Crossing Paths, or Haitian Dancemaking in Port-au-Prince

Dominican Republic

12. Dance of the Dominican Misterios

13. How to Dance Son and the Style of a Dominican Sonero

14. The Drums Are Calling My Name

Puerto Rico

15. Contemporary Dance in Puerto Rico, or How to Speak of These Times

Dominica

16. Bele and Quadrille: African and European Dimensions in the Traditional Dances of Dominica, West Indies Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

9780813073828

0813073820

OCLC:

1513419906