Choreographies of African identities : négritude, dance, and the National Ballet of Senegal / Francesca Castaldi.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Urbana ; Chicago : University of Illinois Press, ©2006.Description: x, 246 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0252030273 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0252072685 (paper : alk. paper)
  • 9780252030277 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780252072680 (paper : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22 793.319663 CAS
LOC classification:
  • GV1588.6 .C37 2006
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Contents:
Introduction : positionality and the choreography of theory -- 1. The National Ballet of Senegal at a theatre in California -- 2. African dance, Africanist discourse, and negritude -- 3. The National Ballet of Senegal at a theatre in Dakar -- 4. Sabar dances and a women's public sphere -- 5. Tales of betrayals -- 6. The circulation of dances on and off the stage -- 7. Urban ballets and the professionalization of dance -- 7. Urban ballets and the professionalization of dance -- 8. Exploiting terànga -- Conclusion : negritude reconsidered.
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Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of California, Riverside.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-235) and index.

Introduction : positionality and the choreography of theory -- 1. The National Ballet of Senegal at a theatre in California -- 2. African dance, Africanist discourse, and negritude -- 3. The National Ballet of Senegal at a theatre in Dakar -- 4. Sabar dances and a women's public sphere -- 5. Tales of betrayals -- 6. The circulation of dances on and off the stage -- 7. Urban ballets and the professionalization of dance -- 7. Urban ballets and the professionalization of dance -- 8. Exploiting terànga -- Conclusion : negritude reconsidered.

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