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Steppin' on the blues : the visible rhythms of African American dance

Steppin' on the Blues explores not only the meaning of dance in African American life but also the ways in which music, song, and dance are interrelated in African American culture. Dance as it has emanated from the black community is a pervasive, vital, and distinctive form of expression - its movements speak eloquently of African American values and aesthetics. Beyond that it has been, finally, one of the most important means of cultural survival

Print Book, English, ©1996
University of Illinois Press, Urbana, ©1996