Katherine Dunham: Recovering an Anthropological Legacy, Choreographing Ethnographic Futures
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- Synopsis
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Katherine Dunham was an anthropologist.
One of the first African Americans to obtain a degree in anthropology, she conducted groundbreaking fieldwork in Jamaica and Haiti in the early 1930s and wrote several books including Journey to Accompong, Island Possessed, and Las Danzas de Haiti.
Decades before Margaret Mead was publishing for popular audiences in Redbook, Dunham wrote ethnographically informed essays for Esquire and Mademoiselle under the pseudonym Kaye Dunn.
Katherine Dunham was a dancer.
The first person to head a black modern dance company, Dunham toured the world, appeared in numerous films in the United States and abroad, and worked globally to promote the vitality and relevance of African diasporic dance and culture.
Dunham was a cultural advisor, teacher, Kennedy Center honoree, and political activist.
- Copyright:
- 2014
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- ISBN-13:
- 9781938645129
- Publisher:
- School for Advanced Research Press/SAR Press
- Date of Addition:
- 03/27/18
- Copyrighted By:
- School for Advanced Research
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Social Studies
- Submitted By:
- Daproim Africa
- Proofread By:
- Daproim Africa
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.