Choreographies of African identities :
Castaldi, Francesca, 1964-
Choreographies of African identities : négritude, dance, and the National Ballet of Senegal / Francesca Castaldi. - Urbana ; Chicago : University of Illinois Press, ©2006. - x, 246 p. ; 24 cm.
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.
0252030273 (cloth : alk. paper) 0252072685 (paper : alk. paper) 9780252030277 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780252072680 (paper : alk. paper)
2005011094
National Ballet of Senegal.
Dance--Anthropological aspects--Senegal.
Blacks--Race identity--Senegal.
GV1588.6 / .C37 2006
793.319663 / CAS
Choreographies of African identities : négritude, dance, and the National Ballet of Senegal / Francesca Castaldi. - Urbana ; Chicago : University of Illinois Press, ©2006. - x, 246 p. ; 24 cm.
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.
0252030273 (cloth : alk. paper) 0252072685 (paper : alk. paper) 9780252030277 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780252072680 (paper : alk. paper)
2005011094
National Ballet of Senegal.
Dance--Anthropological aspects--Senegal.
Blacks--Race identity--Senegal.
GV1588.6 / .C37 2006
793.319663 / CAS