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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview:
#1 It is safe to say that I was the only Muslim kid in my neighborhood who got to watch MTV after my parents cut the cable. I was not practicing dance moves, but I was learning the different directions my limbs could flail in.
#2 The dance marathon was a phenomenon that began in the 1920s. It was largely in farm towns, but as carnivals and fairs began growing along the...
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Random House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"An urgent project that unravels all modes and methods of Black performance, in this moment when Black performers are coming to terms with their value, reception, and immense impact on America. With sharp insight, humor, and heart, Abdurraqib examines how Black performance happens in specific moments in time and space--midcentury Paris, the moon, or a cramped living room in Columbus, Ohio. At the outset of this project, Abdurraqib became fascinated...
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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""I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too." Inspired by these few words, spoken by Josephine Baker at the 1963 March on Washington, MacArthur "Genius Grant" Fellow and bestselling author Hanif Abdurraqib has written a profound and lasting reflection on how Black performance is inextricably woven into the fabric of American culture. Each moment in every performance he examines--whether it's the twenty-seven seconds...