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Author:

Malone, Jacqui.

Title:

Steppin' on the blues : the visible rhythms of African American dance / Jacqui Malone.

Publisher:

University of Illinois Press,

Copyright Date:

c1996

Description:

xiii, 272 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

African American dance--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-251) and index.

Contents:

"Gimme de kneebone bent" : music and dance in Africa -- "Keep to the rhythm and you'll keep to life" : the style of African American vernacular dance -- Overture to vocal choreography : vernacular dance on "stage" (slavery 1950) -- "Let the punishment fit the crime" : the vocal choreography of Cholly Atkins -- The history of bands : from African rituals to New Orleans : second lines: the FAMU marching 100 : historical overview--colonial America to World War I -- The FAMU marching 100 : from ballpark bleachers to national TV -- African American secret societies : remembering the past and facing the future fraternities and sororities : "a way of remembering" -- Stepping : regeneration through dance in African American fraternities and sororities : regeneration through dance.

Series:

Folklore and society

ISBN:

9780252065088 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0252065085 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780252022111 (acid-free paper)
0252022114 (acid-free paper)

LCCN:

95004413

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)