Katherine Dunham : dance and the African diaspora /
Joanna Dee Das.
- xi, 276 pages ; 25 cm
Machine generated contents note: -- List of Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Becoming a New Negro -- Chapter 2: Finding a Politics of Diaspora in the Caribbean -- Chapter 3: Aesthetics as Politics -- Chapter 4: Race and Representation During World War II -- Chapter 5: Rehearsal for Revolution at the Dunham School -- Chapter 6: The Unofficial Ambassador of Diaspora -- Chapter 7: Living Diaspora in Haiti and Senegal -- Chapter 8: The Radical Humanist Meets the Black Power Revolution in East St. Louis -- Epilogue: Dunham's Legacy -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.