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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Allison Abra , Jeffrey RichardsPublisher: Manchester University Press Imprint: Manchester University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.603kg ISBN: 9781784994334ISBN 10: 1784994332 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 26 April 2017 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Dancing mad! The modernisation of popular dance 2 Who makes new dances? The dance profession and the evolution of style 3 At the palais: the dance hall industry and the standardisation of experience 4 The dance evil: gender, sexuality and the representation of popular dance 5 English style: foreign culture, race and the Anglicisation of popular dance 6 Doing the Lambeth Walk: novelty dances and the commodification of the nation 7 Dancing democracy in wartime Britain 8 The ‘infernal jitterbug’ and the transformation of popular dance Epilogue: Come dancing: popular dance in post-war Britain Select bibliography Index -- .Reviews'[.] this nuanced and well-researched study demonstrates the merits of using popular dance as a gateway into British social and cultural history.' Laura Quinton, New York University, Twentieth Century British History, 2018 -- . '[.] this nuanced and well-researched study demonstrates the merits of using popular dance as a gateway into British social and cultural history.' Laura Quinton, New York University, Twentieth Century British History, 2018 'Drawing upon a fascinating range of source material (including autobiographies, Mass Observation, and the trade press), she tackles a series of complex issues, and advances a number of intriguing, important, and convincing arguments.' Canadian Journal of History 'Dancing in the English Style breaks new ground in many areas [.and] is a detailed, well-written, and comprehensive account of its subject.' Journal of British Studies -- . Author InformationAllison Abra is Assistant Professor of History and a Fellow in the Dale Center for the Study of War & Society at the University of Southern Mississippi Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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