Caribbean Dance from Abakuá to Zouk: How Movement Shapes Identity
- ISBN-10
- 081302904X
- ISBN-13
- 9780813029047
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 408
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Author
- Susanna Sloat
Description
Caribbean Dance is an overview of the dances from each of this region's major islands and the complex, fused, and layered cultures that gave birth to them.
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