Publish Date |
December 15, 2015 |
Category |
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social Performing Arts / Dance / Popular |
Price |
$46.99 |
ISBN: 9780199968176
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: December 15, 2015
"This triumphant offering invigorates dance scholarship with an outstanding coordination of historical method, performative writing, and coherent, compelling analysis of dance practice in Cuba. Written with authority, literary drive, and compassion, She Is Cuba answers a call for carefully considered research to explore the racialized feminine, the powers of the State, and to demonstrate the centrality of the living body in the construction of social identity." --Thomas F. DeFrantz, Duke University, Professor of African and African American Studies and Dance, Duke University "The mulata body dances off the page. Blanco Borelli writes her way through the Cuban siren-call of the hips. Her bi-lingual and seductive language privileges rumor and corporeality while engaging with rich histories sprung from archival research." --Anita Gonzalez, Professor of Theatre and Drama, University of Michigan