In printStandard scholarly reference
Steppin' on the Blues: The Visible Rhythms of African American Dance
Jacqui Malone · University of Illinois Press · 1996
Why this source matters
Traces Broadway and social dance vocabulary back to specific African American vernacular sources — ring shout, jook, marching bands, stepping — with the attribution chain spelled out.
Documents these traditions
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