Castaldi, Francesca,  1964- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/> Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of California, Riverside. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-235) and index. 
<br/><br/> 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 terŕnga --   Conclusion : negritude reconsidered. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0252030273 (cloth : alk. paper) 0252072685 (paper : alk. paper) 9780252030277 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780252072680 (paper : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005011094 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>National Ballet of Senegal.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Dance--Anthropological aspects--Senegal.<br/>Blacks--Race identity--Senegal.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV1588.6  / .C37 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>793.319663  / CAS