Jookin' - The Rise of Social Dance Formations in African-American Culture - Katrina Hazzard Gordon - Paperback Bog - Temple University Press,U.S. -

Description

Offers an analysis of the development of the jook, an underground cultural institution created by the black working class with other dance arenas in African-American culture. Presenting the effects of African slaves' middle passage experience on their traditional dances, this work traces the unique dance culture that developed in the rural South.