Dancing in blackness : a memoir / Halifu Osumare.
Dancing in blackness : a memoir / Halifu Osumare.
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Publisher
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2018]
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G 2019/1096
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvi, 378 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Foreword / Brenda Dixon Gottschild -- Introduction: dancing in blackness -- Coming of age through (black) dance in the San Francisco Bay Area -- Dancing in Europe -- Dancing in New York -- Dancing back into the S.F.-Oakland Bay Area, 1973-1976 -- Dancing in Africa -- Dancing in the Oakland and beyon...
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Publisher
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2018]
Place of Publication
Florida
Date Published
[2018]
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Summary
This book explores a black female dancer's personal journey over four decades across three continents and numerous countries, including different parts of the U.S. It is personal musings about the place of dance and race in Halifu Osumare's life across time and space that defined her life choices and career path.
"Dancing in Blackness is a professional dancer's personal journey over four decades, across three continents and twenty-three countries, and through defining moments in the story of black dance in America. In this memoir, Halifu Osumare reflects on what blackness and dance have meant to her life and international career. Osumare's story begins in 1...
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Dancing in blackness : a memoir / Halifu Osumare.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-362) and index.
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©2018
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G 2019/1096
Record Identifier
74VKVya7wKOg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVya7wKOg
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ISBN
0813056616 hardcover ; alkaline paper
9780813056616 hardcover ; alkaline paper
DDC
792.8092
MMS ID
991024232790202626
