Jookin': the rise of social dance formations in African-American culture

Abstract

Preface Acknowledgments 1. Dancing Under the Lash The Middle Passage * The Plantation Environment * Bals du Cordon Bleu 2. Shoddy Confines: The Jook Continuum The Great Transition * Jook Houses, Honky-Tonks, After-Hours Joints * Rent Parties, Chittlin' Struts, Blue Monday Affairs 3. Upper Shadies and Urban Politics Monday Night at the Paradise Ballroom * Bells, Buzzers, and Air of Legitimacy * Night Clubs, Show Bars, Cabaret Parties * Dancin' in the Streets * Black Elite Affairs Postscript Notes Index