Hip Hop Dance: Meanings and Messages

by Carla Stalling Huntington

Overview

Tracing the African American dance from the Diaspora to the dance floor, this book covers a social history germane not only to the African American experience, but also to the global experience of laborers who learn lessons from hip hop dance. Examining hip hop dance as text, as commentary, and as a function of identity construction within the confines of consumerism, the book draws on popular cultural images from films, commercials, and dance studios. A bibliography, discography, and filmography are included.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786429912
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	04/06/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	211
Sales rank:	1,108,155
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.42(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Carla Stalling Huntington, a dance history theorist and professor of marketing and management, has taught in the United States and Europe. She lives in Milledgeville, Georgia.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     
Preface     
Introduction     

Part I: Hip Hop Innovation
1. Theorizing Hip Hop Dance     
2. African Diaspora     
3. Feminist Re-View of Hip Hop Dance     

Part II: Hip Hop Appropriation
4. Theorizing Hip Hop Dance Consumption     
5. Furthering Globalization and Capital Formation     
6. Hip Hop Dance Codification and Commoditization     
Epilogue     

Bibliography     
Videography     
Discography     
Index     

Editorial Reviews

presents some compelling arguments that need to be heard and discussed...clear...a must-read”—School Library Journal; “readers will be lead to see hip hop dance from a new perspective”—Dancer.

From the Publisher

"readers will be lead to see hip hop dance from a new perspective"

Dancer

presents some compelling arguments that need to be heard and discussed...clear...a must-read

School Library Journal