Afro-American Music and Dance.

Floyd, Samuel A., Jr.

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ERIC Number: EJ406352

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1989

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Afro-American Music and Dance.

Floyd, Samuel A., Jr.

Western Journal of Black Studies, v13 n3 p130-38 Fall 1989

Outlines the concurrent development of Black music and Black dance in the United States, and describes the interaction of the two genres throughout their mutually dependent evolutions. Traces the histories of the dances of African American culture, known collectively as "jazz dance," in relation to ragtime, jazz, and the blues. (AF)

Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Black Culture, Black History, Black Studies, Dance, Folk Culture, Jazz, Music, North American Culture, United States History

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Historical Materials

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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Note: Special issue with the title, "African/African-American Culture: Customs, Dance and Music."