Books by Barbara Browning

A sometimes funny, sometimes catastrophically sad story of performance art, ukuleles, dance, and our attempts and failures to make contact.

Infectious Rhythm identifies and explores the metaphor of 'contagion' that both celebrates the diasporic spread of African culture, and serves as the justification of its repression. The study includes the association with the AIDS pandemic.

A unique perspective on the social history and cultural complexity of Afro-Brazilian dance.