Crip walk, villain dance, pueblo stroll: The embodiment of writing in African American gang dance

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-97

  Phillips, Susan A ^a  

^a PITZER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

African americans; Dance; Ethnography of communication; Gangs; Literacy; United states; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651247122     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/anq.0.0057     Document Type: Article

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