Major and Classification American Studies & Ethnicity Faculty Mentors Lanita Jacobs-Huey, Ph.D. Robin Kelley, Ph.D. Shana Redmond, Ph.D. Department Anthropology, American Studies & Ethnicity, History McNair Project The Jerk ‘Movement’: Aesthetics and Identity in an Emergent Youth Dance Form AbstractThis project explores, Jerkin’, a street dance form that has grown from modest beginnings by inner city Black youth in Los …