Ring Shout, Wheel About: The Racial Politics of Music and Dance in North American Slavery

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Katrina Dyonne Thompson Ring Shout, Wheel About The Racial Politics of Music and Dance in North American Slavery University of Illinois Press Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield © 2014 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 c p 5 4 3 2 1 ∞ This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Thompson, Katrina Dyonne. Ring shout, wheel about : the racial politics of music and dance in North American slavery / Katrina Dyonne Thompson. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978–0–252–03825–9 (hardback) — isbn 978–0–252–07983–2 (paperback) — isbn 978–0–252–09611–2 (e-book) 1. Slaves—Southern States—Songs and music. 2. Slaves—United States—Social life and customs. 3. Race in the theater—United States—History. 4. Theater and society—United States—History. 5. African American dance—History. 6. Slavery— United States—Justification. 7. Plantation life—United States. 8. Racism in popular culture—United States—History. I. Title. e443.t49 2014 390'.250973—dc23 2013032131 For Leri, Otis, Christee, Matthew, and Alexia In Memory of Ruth Galmon ...