{"product_id":"jookin-9780877229568","title":"Jookin","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first analysis of the development of the jook and other dance arenas in African-American culture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"We glean just how rich the black dance tradition is from this vibrant, engaging social history, which hops from the decks of slave ships to honky-tonks, membership clubs and cabarets.... [It] takes us inside Reconstruction-era jook houses where food, gambling, drink and fellowship were offered, and where dances...crystallized into cultural forms.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"An excellent study of black dance.... A well-done and readable account of how black Americans brought their dances with them from Africa, adapted them to the music of urban honky-tonks and jook joints, and created a unique art form.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJazztimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Here's a book I've longed for—historically rich, empirically inspired and, above all, reverent to the funk and drive and moral spirit of the Grand Atlantic Black Dance Tradition.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eRobert Farris Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 1. Dancing Under the Lash\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Middle Passage • The Plantation Environment • Bals du Cordon Bleu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 2. Shoddy Confines: The Jook Continuum\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Great Transition • Jook Houses, Honky-Tonks, After-Hours Joints • Rent Parties, Chittlin' Struts, Blue Monday Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 3. Upper Shadies and Urban Politics\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMonday Night at the Paradise Ballroom • Bells, Buzzers, and Air of Legitimacy • Night Clubs, Show Bars, Cabaret Parties • Dancin' in the Streets • Black Elite Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Postscript\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737798685015,"sku":"9780877229568","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780877229568.jpg?v=1723811472","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/jookin-9780877229568","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}