{"product_id":"dance-claimed-me-a-biography-of-pearl-primus","title":"Dance Claimed Me: A Biography of Pearl Primus","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eDance Claimed Me: A Biography of Pearl Primus\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003ePeggy Schwartz\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780300155341\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eYale University Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2011\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003ePearl Primus (1919-1994) blazed onto the dance scene in 1943 with stunning works that incorporated social and racial protest into their dance aesthetic. In \u003ci\u003eThe Dance Claimed Me\u003c\/i\u003e, Peggy and Murray Schwartz, friends and colleagues of Primus, offer an intimate perspective on her life and explore her influences on American culture, dance, and education. They trace Primus's path from her childhood in Port of Spain, Trinidad, through her rise as an influential international dancer, an early member of the New Dance Group (whose motto was \"Dance is a weapon\"), and a pioneer in dance anthropology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrimus traveled extensively in the United States, Europe, Israel, the Caribbean, and Africa, and she played an important role in presenting authentic African dance to American audiences. She engendered controversy in both her private and professional lives, marrying a white Jewish man during a time of segregation and challenging black intellectuals who opposed the \"primitive\" in her choreography. Her political protests and mixed-race tours in the South triggered an FBI investigation, even as she was celebrated by dance critics and by contemporaries like Langston Hughes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor \u003ci\u003eThe Dance Claimed Me\u003c\/i\u003e, the Schwartzes interviewed more than a hundred of Primus's family members, friends, andfellow artists, as well asother individuals to create a vivid portrayal of a life filled with passion, drama, determination, fearlessness, and brilliance.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Dance Claimed Me: A Biography of Pearl Primus | Peggy Schwartz | Hardcover | 9780300155341 | Used: Very Good | Music \u0026 Performing Arts 1630689 (temp: 22)","offer_id":48927917211800,"sku":"1630689","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/41HXRellO2L.jpg?v=1777058868","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/dance-claimed-me-a-biography-of-pearl-primus","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}