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As curator and education coordinator at the Katherine Dunham Museum in East Saint Louis, IL, Aschenbrenner (anthropology, emerita, Southern Illinois Univ.) is uniquely qualified to analyze and appreciate the life and career of her subject. Dunham founded the first self-supporting African American dance company, but she made more of an impact as a dance teacher, anthropologist, and socially responsible artist. Aschenbrenner's purpose is "to elucidate [Dunham's] views on anthropology and dance and how they relate to her social activism"-aspects that have received little attention in existing biographies (e.g., Terry Harnan's African Rhythms and Ruth Biemiller's Dance: The Life of Katherine Dunham), most of which are out of print. The author's purpose is realized through a careful reading and interpretation of Dunham's memoirs, A Touch of Innocence and Island Possessed, which are supplemented with information collected from archival documents, interviews with Dunham's colleagues, and personal reminiscences. This focused study is written for academics, specifically dance historians and anthropologists. Recommended for academic libraries.
Joan Stahl, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
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"As curator and education coordinator at the Katherine Dunham Museum in East Saint Louis, IL, Aschenbrenner is uniquely qualified to analyze and appreciate the life and career of her subject... Aschenbrenner's purpose is to 'elucidate [Dunham's] views on anthropology and dance and how they relate to her social activism' -- aspects that have received little attention in existing biographies ... most of which are out of print. The author's purpose is realized through careful reading and interpretation of Dunham's memoirs." -- Library Journal "Highly recommended." CHOICE
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As curator and education coordinator at the Katherine Dunham Museum in East Saint Louis, IL, Aschenbrenner (anthropology, emerita, Southern Illinois Univ.) is uniquely qualified to analyze and appreciate the life and career of her subject. Dunham founded the first self-supporting African American dance company, but she made more of an impact as a dance teacher, anthropologist, and socially responsible artist. Aschenbrenner's purpose is "to elucidate [Dunham's] views on anthropology and dance and how they relate to her social activism"-aspects that have received little attention in existing biographies (e.g., Terry Harnan's African Rhythms and Ruth Biemiller's Dance: The Life of Katherine Dunham), most of which are out of print. The author's purpose is realized through a careful reading and interpretation of Dunham's memoirs, A Touch of Innocence and Island Possessed, which are supplemented with information collected from archival documents, interviews with Dunham's colleagues, and personal reminiscences. This focused study is written for academics, specifically dance historians and anthropologists. Recommended for academic libraries.
Joan Stahl, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
"As curator and education coordinator at the Katherine Dunham Museum in East Saint Louis, IL, Aschenbrenner is uniquely qualified to analyze and appreciate the life and career of her subject... Aschenbrenner's purpose is to 'elucidate [Dunham's] views on anthropology and dance and how they relate to her social activism' -- aspects that have received little attention in existing biographies ... most of which are out of print. The author's purpose is realized through careful reading and interpretation of Dunham's memoirs." -- Library Journal "Highly recommended." CHOICE
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KATHERINE DUNHAM was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1909. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
former company members, dance anthropology, conversation with author, other company members, secular dances, black dancers, black drama Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Katherine Dunham, New York, Dunham Company, African American, Miss Dunham, United States, Lucille Ellis, John Pratt, University of Chicago, Tommy Gomez, Talley Beatty, Van Scott, Eartha Kitt, Erich Fromm, Lenwood Morris, Archie Savage, Habitation Leclerc, Missouri Historical Society, San Francisco, Touch of Innocence, Southern Illinois University, Vanoye Aikens, Children's Workshop, Marjorie Scott, Rada Dahomey New!
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KATHERINE DUNHAM was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1909. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
former company members, dance anthropology, conversation with author, other company members, secular dances, black dancers, black drama Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Katherine Dunham, New York, Dunham Company, African American, Miss Dunham, United States, Lucille Ellis, John Pratt, University of Chicago, Tommy Gomez, Talley Beatty, Van Scott, Eartha Kitt, Erich Fromm, Lenwood Morris, Archie Savage, Habitation Leclerc, Missouri Historical Society, San Francisco, Touch of Innocence, Southern Illinois University, Vanoye Aikens, Children's Workshop, Marjorie Scott, Rada Dahomey New!
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- Island Possessed by Katherine Dunham on 24 pages
- Touch of Innocence by Katherine Dunham on 15 pages
- Dances of Haiti (Caas Special Publication) by Katherine Dunham on 5 pages
- Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston on 4 pages
- The Black Tradition in American Dance by Richard A. Long on 4 pages
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- Manly Arts: Masculinity and Nation in Early American Cinema by David A. Gerstner in Back Matter
- A Game for Dancers: Performing Modernism in the Postwar Years, 1945-1960 by Gay Morris in Back Matter
- Point From Which Creation Begins: The Black Artists' Group of St. Louis by Benjamin Looker in Back Matter
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