Africa Dances

Geoffrey Gorer (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

296 Seiten

2023
Eland Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78060-214-1 (ISBN)

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In Africa Dances Gorer takes the reader on an odyssey across West Africa, in the company of Feral Benga, one of the great black ballet stars of 1930s Paris. It is a devastating critique of colonial rule, which is shown to be destroying African society just as effectively as Christian missionaries undermine indigenous morality. Africa Dances captures the rich physical and psychological detail of African village life from food and architecture to dance and magic. Gorer witnesses men diving for three-quarters of an hour without coming up for breath, witch-doctors conjuring thunderstorms out of clear blue skies, and chameleon fetishists whose skin changes from a dirty white to almost black. This is a place where if you believe, you can.

Erscheinungsdatum	28.04.2023
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Anthologien
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Partnerschaft / Sexualität
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport
	Reisen ► Reiseführer ► Afrika
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-78060-214-6 / 1780602146
ISBN-13	978-1-78060-214-1 / 9781780602141
Zustand	Neuware