Choreographing in Color: Filipinos, Hip-Hop, and the Cultural Politics of Euphemism
Choreographing in Color: Filipinos, Hip-Hop, and the Cultural Politics of Euphemism
In Choreographing in Color , J. Lorenzo Perillo investigates the development of Filipino popular dance and performance since the late 20th century. Drawing from nearly two decades of ethnography, choreographic analysis, and community engagement with artists, choreographers, and organizers, Perillo shifts attention away from the predominant Philippine neoliberal and U.S. imperialist emphasis on Filipinos as superb mimics, heroic migrants, model minorities, subservient wives, and natural dancers and instead asks: what does it mean for Filipinos to navigate the violent forces of empire and neoliberalism with street dance and Hip-Hop?
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN
9780190054281
Published
2020
Specialisation
Social Sciences
Theme
Art and Culture
Region
Global Asia (Asia and other parts of the World)