The way we do : an introductory mapping -- Juba danced : following a story in motion -- The ancestors and the lullaby : passing it on -- Put your hands on your hips : rites of passage in performance -- Rosy, possum, morning star : work songs and the blues.
Summary:
"Gale P. Jackson describes and reimagines the ways women of the African diaspora have drawn on ancient traditions to record memory, history, and experience with dance and explores the narratives, articulations of agency, and constructions of identity embedded in women's cultural performance. In engaging these vibrant traditions, "Put Your Hands on Your Hips and Act Like a Woman" provides a window into multiple discourses and new paradigms for locating the history, philosophy, and theory embedded in Black traditions"-- Provided by publisher.
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