Ring shout, wheel about : the racial politics of music and dance in North American slavery
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Published
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2014.
ISBN
9780252038259, 0252038258, 9780252079832, 0252079833
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LC Subjects
African American dance -- History.
Enslaved persons -- Southern States -- Songs and music.
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Social life and customs.
History.
Music.
Plantation life -- United States.
Race in the theater -- United States -- History.
Racism in popular culture -- United States -- History.
Slavery -- United States -- Justification.
Songs.
Theater and society -- United States -- History.
Enslaved persons -- Southern States -- Songs and music.
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Social life and customs.
History.
Music.
Plantation life -- United States.
Race in the theater -- United States -- History.
Racism in popular culture -- United States -- History.
Slavery -- United States -- Justification.
Songs.
Theater and society -- United States -- History.
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Published
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2014.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
x, 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780252038259, 0252038258, 9780252079832, 0252079833
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"In this ambitious project, historian Katrina Thompson examines the conceptualization and staging of race through the performance, sometimes coerced, of black dance from the slave ship to the minstrel stage. Drawing on a rich variety of sources, Thompson explicates how black musical performance was used by white Europeans and Americans to justify enslavement, perpetuate the existing racial hierarchy, and mask the brutality of the domestic slave trade. Whether on slave ships, at the auction block, or on plantations, whites often used coerced performances to oppress and demean the enslaved. As Thompson shows, however, blacks' "backstage" use of musical performance often served quite a different purpose. Through creolization and other means, enslaved people preserved some native musical and dance traditions and invented or adopted new traditions that built community and even aided rebellion. Thompson shows how these traditions evolved into nineteenth-century minstrelsy and, ultimately, raises the question of whether today's mass media performances and depictions of African Americans are so very far removed from their troublesome roots"--,Provided by publisher.
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Text in English.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Thompson, K. D. (2014). Ring shout, wheel about: the racial politics of music and dance in North American slavery . University of Illinois Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Thompson, Katrina Dyonne. 2014. Ring Shout, Wheel About: The Racial Politics of Music and Dance in North American Slavery. University of Illinois Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Thompson, Katrina Dyonne. Ring Shout, Wheel About: The Racial Politics of Music and Dance in North American Slavery University of Illinois Press, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Thompson, Katrina Dyonne. Ring Shout, Wheel About: The Racial Politics of Music and Dance in North American Slavery University of Illinois Press, 2014.
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