Dancing Class
Gender, Ethnicity, and Social Divides in American Dance, 1890-1920
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | Linda J. Tomko | ISBN: | 9780253028174 |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press | Publication: | January 22, 2000 |
| Imprint: | Indiana University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Linda J. Tomko |
| ISBN: | 9780253028174 |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press |
| Publication: | January 22, 2000 |
| Imprint: | Indiana University Press |
| Language: | English |
Tomko blazes a new trail in dance scholarship by interconnecting U.S. History and dance studies.... the first to argue successfully that middle-class U.S. women promoted a new dance practice to manage industrial changes, crowded urban living, massive immigration, and interchange and repositioning among different classes." —Choice
From salons to dance halls to settlement houses, new dance practices at the turn of the century became a vehicle for expressing cultural issues and negotiating matters of gender. By examining master narratives of modern dance history, this provocative and insightful book demonstrates the cultural agency of Progressive-era dance practices.
Tomko blazes a new trail in dance scholarship by interconnecting U.S. History and dance studies.... the first to argue successfully that middle-class U.S. women promoted a new dance practice to manage industrial changes, crowded urban living, massive immigration, and interchange and repositioning among different classes." —Choice
From salons to dance halls to settlement houses, new dance practices at the turn of the century became a vehicle for expressing cultural issues and negotiating matters of gender. By examining master narratives of modern dance history, this provocative and insightful book demonstrates the cultural agency of Progressive-era dance practices.
