Dance Anthropology – Acquanda Y. Stanford

Pearl Primus is in bloom again! (I hope)

Posted Thursday, April 4, 2013Wednesday, September 10, 2014 Acquanda StanfordLeave a commentPosted in anthropology

Having this plant really means a lot to me. I got this from friends of the late, great and renowned anthropologist, Dr. Pearl Primus. In 1990, Dr. Primus gifted this type-of-a-sanseviera plant, native to West Africa (which I’m sure she picked up on one of her many trips there), to her friends — who would later author a book […]

Book Review :: THE DANCE CLAIMED ME: A BIOGRAPHY OF PEARL PRIMUS

Posted Sunday, January 8, 2012Monday, September 8, 2014 Acquanda Stanford1 CommentPosted in Black Feminist Anthropology, book reviews

THE DANCE CLAIMED ME: A BIOGRAPHY OF PEARL PRIMUS, is written by professor of dance, Peggy Schwartz, and Literature teacher, Murray Schwartz, who are well-qualified to write on behalf of this icon, since their personal relationship with Ms. Primus, meeting her at the University of Massachusetts, is what prompted this story of her life. In […]