LEADER 03911nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910838365703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-226-04310-X 010 $a0-226-04324-X 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226043241 035 $a(CKB)2550000001095463 035 $a(EBL)1335319 035 $a(OCoLC)842264652 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000871083 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12352514 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000871083 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10821171 035 $a(PQKB)10339818 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122884 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1335319 035 $a(DE-B1597)523117 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226043241 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001095463 100 $a20121207d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerican allegory $eLindy hop and the racial imagination /$fBlack Hawk Hancock 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (280 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-04307-X 311 $a1-299-54556-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tCONTENTS --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tPROLOGUE: THIS STRANGE DANCE --$tLEAD IN: THE COST OF INSIGHT --$tINTRODUCTION: THE LINDY HOP REVIVAL --$t1. FINDING THE POCKET --$t2. CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF APPROPRIATION --$t3. PUT A LITTLE COLOR ON THAT! --$t4. STEPPIN' OUT OF WHITENESS --$tLEAD OUT: LEARNING HOW TO MAKE LIFE SWING --$tCONCLUSION: TOWARD NEW TERRITORY --$tNOTES --$tREFERENCES --$tINDEX 330 $a"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 us a truly compelling means of understanding our culture. But with what hidden implications? In American Allegory, Black Hawk Hancock offers an embedded and embodied ethnography that situates dance within a larger Chicago landscape of segregated social practices. Delving into two Chicago dance worlds, the Lindy and Steppin', Hancock uses a combination of participant-observation and interviews to bring to the surface the racial tension that surrounds white use of black cultural forms. Focusing on new forms of appropriation in an era of multiculturalism, Hancock underscores the institutionalization of racial disparities and offers wonderful insights into the intersection of race and culture in America. 606 $aAfrican Americans$zIllinois$zChicago$xSocial conditions$y20th century 606 $aDance and race 606 $aChicago (Ill.)$xRace relations$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aBlacks$xRace identity$zIllinois$zChicago$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWhites$xRace identity$zIllinois$zChicago$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aLindy (Dance)$zIllinois$zChicago$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xSocial conditions 615 0$aDance and race. 615 0$aChicago (Ill.)$xRace relations$xHistory 615 0$aBlacks$xRace identity$xHistory 615 0$aWhites$xRace identity$xHistory 615 0$aLindy (Dance)$xHistory 676 $a305.896/073077311 700 $aHancock$b Black Hawk$f1971-$01753657 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910838365703321 996 $aAmerican allegory$94189606 997 $aUNINA