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Dancing in the English style
Consumption, Americanisation and national identity in Britain, 1918-50
Taschenbuch von Allison Abra
Sprache: Englisch

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This book illuminates the history of popular dance, one of the most influential and widespread leisure practices in early twentieth-century Britain. It focuses on the relationship between dancing and national identity construction, in a period when Britain participated in increasingly global markets of cultural production, consumption and exchange.
This book illuminates the history of popular dance, one of the most influential and widespread leisure practices in early twentieth-century Britain. It focuses on the relationship between dancing and national identity construction, in a period when Britain participated in increasingly global markets of cultural production, consumption and exchange.
Über den Autor
Allison 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
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
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
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 304
ISBN-13: 9781526142627
ISBN-10: 1526142627
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Abra, Allison
Hersteller: Manchester University Press
Maße: 234 x 156 x 16 mm
Von/Mit: Allison Abra
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.09.2019
Gewicht: 0,465 kg
preigu-id: 115908658
Über den Autor
Allison 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
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
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
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 304
ISBN-13: 9781526142627
ISBN-10: 1526142627
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Abra, Allison
Hersteller: Manchester University Press
Maße: 234 x 156 x 16 mm
Von/Mit: Allison Abra
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.09.2019
Gewicht: 0,465 kg
preigu-id: 115908658
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