Description:
In a gathering of griot traditions fusing storytelling, cultural history, social, and literary criticism, Put Your Hands on Your Hips and Act Like a Woman "re-members" and represents how women of the African diaspora have drawn on ancient traditions to record memory, history, and experience in song, dance, and poetics in performance.
Review Quotes: "Both relatable and scholarly, this is a fascinating and original study."--T. L. Stowell, Choice