What is it about?
This is a critical review of a Caribbean literature specialist's exploration and comparison of two U.S. American artistic giants: Katherine Dunham and Maya Deren. I subtitled my review as “Through Literary and Theoretical Spaces with Dunham, Deren, and Platón Lázarus;” my lens is anthropological. I am indebted to New West Indian Guide, and editors Richard and Sally Price.
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"Defiant Itineraries" is an unexpected, fresh view of American art formation; it documents the central importance of the Caribbean in the development of U.S. American arts,
Perspectives
This review examines Platon Lazarus' comparison of dance anthropologist Katherine Dunham and filmmaker Maya Deren in their usage of Caribbean models for artistic creativity, but also as a base for American art-making.
Professor Emerita Yvonne L. P. DANIEL
Smith College
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This page is a summary of: Defiant Itineraries: Caribbean Paradigms in American Dance and Film, written by Lydia Platón Lázaro, New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids, January 2017, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/22134360-09101049.
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