American allegory : Lindy hop and the racial imagination / Black Hawk Hancock.

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Hancock, Black Hawk, 1971-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780226043241
022604324X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: American allegory.DDC classification:

305.896/073077311 23

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E185.86 .H285 2013eb

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Contents:

Prologue: this strange dance -- Finding the pocket -- Caught in the act of appropriation -- Put a little color on that! -- Steppin' out of whiteness -- Conclusion: toward a new racial politics -- References -- Notes.

Summary: "Perhaps," wrote Ralph Ellison more than seventy years ago, "the zoot suit contains profound political meaning; perhaps the symmetrical frenzy of the Lindy-hop conceals clues to great potential power." As Ellison noted then, many of our most mundane cultural forms are larger and more important than they appear, taking on great significance and an unexpected depth of meaning. What he saw in the power of the Lindy Hop-the dance that Life magazine once billed as "America's True National Folk Dance"--Would spread from black America to make a lasting impression on white America and offer

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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"Perhaps," wrote Ralph Ellison more than seventy years ago, "the zoot suit contains profound political meaning; perhaps the symmetrical frenzy of the Lindy-hop conceals clues to great potential power." As Ellison noted then, many of our most mundane cultural forms are larger and more important than they appear, taking on great significance and an unexpected depth of meaning. What he saw in the power of the Lindy Hop-the dance that Life magazine once billed as "America's True National Folk Dance"--Would spread from black America to make a lasting impression on white America and offer

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