Reading The Tea

Jookin’: The Rise of Social Dance Formations in African-American Culture by Katrina Hazzard-Gordon

My review

rating: 1 of 5 stars
Jookin’ featured shockingly poor organization, accompanied by shoddy writing that efficiently obscured meaning behind names and dates tossed out with abandon. Though ostensibly about social dance, the writing lacked movement. Hazzard-Gordon rarely got around to interpreting how the changing socio-cultural formations effected the physical movements. (For example: How did movements change to accommodate the smaller spaces of Rent Parties?) Though I slogged through it, I wouldn’t recommend anyone else bother.


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