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Black Performance Theory edited by Thomas F. DeFrantz and Anita Gonzalez. 2014. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. ix + 279 pp., foreword, 22 b/w photographs, bibliography, index. $89.95 cloth, $24.95 paper.

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Black Performance Theory edited by Thomas F. DeFrantz and Anita Gonzalez. 2014. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. ix + 279 pp., foreword, 22 b/w photographs, bibliography, index. $89.95 cloth, $24.95 paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2015

Joanna Dee Das
Joanna Dee Das*
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Stanford University
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Dance Research Journal , Volume 47 , Issue 2 , August 2015 , pp. 91 - 93
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Copyright © Congress on Research in Dance 2015 

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