Ana Paula Höfling
Biographic Data
| ID | 688605 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ana Paula Höfling |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ana Paula |
| FAMILY NAME | Höfling |
| SIGNATURE | HÖFLING A P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5629-8657 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Historicizing the Aesthetic of the Cool
This article historicizes the ubiquitous analytic rubric of identifying Africanist commonalities, tracing it back to "the Aesthetic of the Cool" proposed by U.S. art historian Robert Farris Thompson in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In my argument, I draw on my own research trajectory, reflecting on why I initially used this analytic lens but later decided to focus instead on specific people, places, and time periods. Looking at Thompson’s work …
Dancing Latinidad
This essay reviews the following works: Salsa Crossings: Dancing Latinidad in Los Angeles. By Cindy García. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2013. Pp. xxv + 181. $23.95 paperback. ISBN: 9780822354970. Salsa World: A Global Dance in Local Contexts. Edited by Sydney Hutchinson. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2014. Pp. viii + 229. $30.95 paperback. ISBN: 9781439910078. Spinning Mambo into Salsa: Caribbean Dance in Global Commerce. By Julie…
Dancing Mestiçagem, Embodying Whiteness
This article analyzes the processes of branqueamento (whitening) contained within the ideology of mestiçagem (racial miscegenation) through the work of Brazilian dancer, choreographer, and dance pedagogue Eros Volúsia (1914–2004) in the context of the establishment of the myth of racial democracy in early twentieth-century Brazil. I argue that Eros Volúsia not only embodied Brazil's allegedly harmonious racial mixture through her stylized “folk” …
Dancing Mestiçagem, Embodying Whiteness
This article analyzes the processes of branqueamento (whitening) contained within the ideology of mestiçagem (racial miscegenation) through the work of Brazilian dancer, choreographer, and dance pedagogue Eros Volúsia (1914–2004) in the context of the establishment of the myth of racial democracy in early twentieth-century Brazil. I argue that Eros Volúsia not only embodied Brazil's allegedly harmonious racial mixture through her stylized “folk” …
Dancing Mestiçagem, Embodying Whiteness
This article analyzes the processes of branqueamento (whitening) contained within the ideology of mestiçagem (racial miscegenation) through the work of Brazilian dancer, choreographer, and dance pedagogue Eros Volúsia (1914–2004) in the context of the establishment of the myth of racial democracy in early twentieth-century Brazil. I argue that Eros Volúsia not only embodied Brazil's allegedly harmonious racial mixture through her stylized “folk” …
Dancing Latinidad
This essay reviews the following works: Salsa Crossings: Dancing Latinidad in Los Angeles. By Cindy García. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2013. Pp. xxv + 181. $23.95 paperback. ISBN: 9780822354970. Salsa World: A Global Dance in Local Contexts. Edited by Sydney Hutchinson. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2014. Pp. viii + 229. $30.95 paperback. ISBN: 9781439910078. Spinning Mambo into Salsa: Caribbean Dance in Global Commerce. By Julie…
Historicizing the Aesthetic of the Cool
This article historicizes the ubiquitous analytic rubric of identifying Africanist commonalities, tracing it back to "the Aesthetic of the Cool" proposed by U.S. art historian Robert Farris Thompson in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In my argument, I draw on my own research trajectory, reflecting on why I initially used this analytic lens but later decided to focus instead on specific people, places, and time periods. Looking at Thompson’s work …
Art (3 works) · Art history (3 works) · Visual arts (3 works) · Context (archaeology) (2 works) · Dance (2 works) · Diversity and Impact of Dance (2 works) · History (2 works) · Humanities (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work)