Katherine Dunham (1909–2006)
Auteur de Island Possessed
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: World Telegram photo by Phyllis Twachtman, 1956
(Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division,
LC-DIG-ppmsca-05792)
(Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division,
LC-DIG-ppmsca-05792)
Œuvres de Katherine Dunham
The History Makers (Spring 2006) 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1899-1967: The Classic Anthology (1967) — Contributeur — 176 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Dunham, Katherine
- Nom légal
- Dunham, Katherine Mary
- Date de naissance
- 1909-05-22
- Date de décès
- 2006-05-21
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Joliet, Illinois, USA (birthplace)
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Haiti
New York, New York, USA - Études
- University of Chicago
- Professions
- anthropologist
dancer
choreographer - Relations
- Deren, Maya (assistant)
- Prix et distinctions
- National Medal of Arts (1989)
Kennedy Center Honors (1983)
Membres
Critiques
Vous aimerez peut-être aussi
Auteurs associés
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 6
- Aussi par
- 3
- Membres
- 78
- Popularité
- #229,022
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 8
Katherine Dunham, probably more famous for the dance company she founded, was also a trained anthropologist, and this book is her story of the time spent doing field work in Haiti, a country which she loved and where she lived for many years.
Much of the book is a discussion of the voudon religion, in which she became an initiate of the gods of Nam 'Guinee. And there is also much discussion of the political situation in Haiti during the thirties, forties and fifties.
It's a fascinating account of a country whose history is not well-known, of a religion that is often caricatured and misunderstood, and of a complex people and society.… (plus d'informations)