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- Title
"Sound of Kuduro knocking at my door": Kuduro Dance and the Poetics of Debility.
- Authors
Young, Hershini
- Abstract
An essay is presented which discusses the social aspects of the Angolan dance form known as kuduro, including the Angolan dancer who is referred to as Costuleta. An overview of the sexuality performed within kuduro, including kuduro's role in putatively re-imagining the black body for people with disabilities, is provided.
- Subjects
KUDURO music; AFRICAN dance; HUMAN sexuality &; society; PERFORMANCE -- Social aspects; HUMAN body &; society; DISABILITIES -- Social aspects; ANGOLANS; DANCERS; TWENTY-first century; MUSIC &; society; MANNERS &; customs; SOCIAL history; 21ST century (Literary period)
- Publication
African American Review, 2012, Vol 45, Issue 3, p391
- ISSN
1062-4783
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.1353/afa.2012.0037