Publication
University Press of Florida (2005), Edition: 1st, 432 pages
ISBN
081302904X / 9780813029047
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CONTENTS
Introduction
AFRICAN BACKGROUND
1. Crossroads, Continuities, and Contradictions: The Afro-Euro-Caribbean Triangle -- Brenda Dixon Gottschild,
2. What Is Congolese in Caribbean Dance -- Nathaniel Hamilton Crowell Jr.
3. Cuban Dance: An Orchard of Caribbean Creativity -- Yvonne Daniel
4. The Dance World of Ramiro Guerra: Solemnity, Voluptuousness, Humor, and Chance -- Melinda Mousouris
5. The Técnica Cubana Suki John
JAMAICA
6. Jamaican Dance Theatre: Celebrating the Caribbean Heritage -- Rex Nettleford
7. Rasta and Reggae Thomas -- Osha Pinnock
HAITI
8. Haitian Vodou Ritual Dance and Its Secularization -- Henry Frank
9. Spirt Unbound: New Approaches to the Performance of Haitian Folklore -- Lois E. Wilcken
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
10. Dominican Folk Dance and the Shaping of National Identity -- Martha Ellen Davis
11. A Dominican York in Andhra -- Ramón H. Rivera-Servera
PUERTO RICO
12. Dance in Puerto Rico: Embodied Meanings -- Alma Concepción
VIRGIN ISLANDS
15. Winin' Yo' Wais': The Changing Tastes of Dance on the U.S. Virgin Islands of St. Croix -- Cynthia Oliver
MARTINIQUE AND GUADELOUPE
16. Sa Ki Ta Nou (This belongs to us): Creole Dances of the French Caribbean -- Dominique Cyrille
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
17. In Search of the Limbo: An Investigation into Its Folklore as a Wake Dance -- Molly Ahye
18. The Moko Jumbie: Elevating the Children -- Patricia T. Alleyne-Dettmers
CURAÇAO
19. Tambu: Afro-Curaçao's Music and Dance of Resistance -- Gabri Christa
UNITED STATES-CARIBBEAN CONNECTION
20. Katherine Dunham's Tropical Revue VèVè -- A. Clark
21. Islands Refracted: Recent Dance on Caribbean Themes in New York -- Susanna Sloat
22. Teaching the People to Triumph over Time: Notes from the World of Mambo -- Robert Farris Thompson
Glossary
Bibliography
About the Contributors
Index
Introduction
AFRICAN BACKGROUND
1. Crossroads, Continuities, and Contradictions: The Afro-Euro-Caribbean Triangle -- Brenda Dixon Gottschild,
2. What Is Congolese in Caribbean Dance -- Nathaniel Hamilton Crowell Jr.
3. Cuban Dance: An Orchard of Caribbean Creativity -- Yvonne Daniel
4. The Dance World of Ramiro Guerra: Solemnity, Voluptuousness, Humor, and Chance -- Melinda Mousouris
5. The Técnica Cubana Suki John
JAMAICA
6. Jamaican Dance Theatre: Celebrating the Caribbean Heritage -- Rex Nettleford
7. Rasta and Reggae Thomas -- Osha Pinnock
HAITI
8. Haitian Vodou Ritual Dance and Its Secularization -- Henry Frank
9. Spirt Unbound: New Approaches to the Performance of Haitian Folklore -- Lois E. Wilcken
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
10. Dominican Folk Dance and the Shaping of National Identity -- Martha Ellen Davis
11. A Dominican York in Andhra -- Ramón H. Rivera-Servera
PUERTO RICO
12. Dance in Puerto Rico: Embodied Meanings -- Alma Concepción
VIRGIN ISLANDS
15. Winin' Yo' Wais': The Changing Tastes of Dance on the U.S. Virgin Islands of St. Croix -- Cynthia Oliver
MARTINIQUE AND GUADELOUPE
16. Sa Ki Ta Nou (This belongs to us): Creole Dances of the French Caribbean -- Dominique Cyrille
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
17. In Search of the Limbo: An Investigation into Its Folklore as a Wake Dance -- Molly Ahye
18. The Moko Jumbie: Elevating the Children -- Patricia T. Alleyne-Dettmers
CURAÇAO
19. Tambu: Afro-Curaçao's Music and Dance of Resistance -- Gabri Christa
UNITED STATES-CARIBBEAN CONNECTION
20. Katherine Dunham's Tropical Revue VèVè -- A. Clark
21. Islands Refracted: Recent Dance on Caribbean Themes in New York -- Susanna Sloat
22. Teaching the People to Triumph over Time: Notes from the World of Mambo -- Robert Farris Thompson
Glossary
Bibliography
About the Contributors
Index