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American allegory Lindy hop and the racial imagination

Title: American allegory [electronic resource] : Lindy hop and the racial imagination / Black Hawk Hancock.
Author: Hancock, Black Hawk, 1971-
Publication: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2013]

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1 online resource (xiii, 265 pages)

Uniform Title

American allegory (Online)

Alternative Title

American allegory (Online)

Subject

African Americans > Illinois > Chicago > Social conditions > 20th century
Dance and race
Chicago (Ill.) > Race relations > History > 20th century
Black people > Race identity > History > Illinois > Chicago > 20th century
White people > Race identity > History > Illinois > Chicago > 20th century
Lindy (Dance) > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

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