Katrina Hazzard-Gordon is Associate Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University, Camden, and the founder and director of the Diaspora Dance Theatre and Research Group.
Preface Acknowledgments 1. Dancing Under the Lash The Middle Passage
The Plantation Environment
Bals du Cordon Bleu 2. Shoddy Confines: The Jook Continuum The Great Transition
Jook Houses, Honky-Tonks, After-Hours Joints
Rent Parties, Chittlin' Struts, Blue Monday Affairs 3. Upper Shadies and Urban Politics Monday Night at the Paradise Ballroom
Bells, Buzzers, and Air of Legitimacy
Night Clubs, Show Bars, Cabaret Parties
Dancin' in the Streets
Black Elite Affairs Postscript Notes Index
