Böcker av Yvonne Daniel

A vital resource for historical and contemporary Caribbean dance practices

Cuba's social and cultural complexity interpreted through the history and expressive power of rumba.

Concentrating on the Caribbean Basin and the coastal area of northeast South America, this title considers three African-derived religious systems that rely heavily on dance behavior - Haitian Vodou, Cuban Yoruba, and Bahamian Candomble. It examines these oppressed performative dances in terms of physiology, psychology, philosophy, and aesthetics.