T. Buckland
Palgrave Macmillan UK
e druk, 2011
9780230277144
Society Dancing
Fashionable Bodies in England, 1870-1920
Specificaties
Gebonden, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK |
2011
ISBN13: 9780230277144
Rubricering
Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
Gratis verzonden
Samenvatting
Based on new archival research, this book uniquely presents a fresh interrogation of how, among London's fashionable society, dancing in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was variously a means of social modelling, change, conformity and creative individual expression.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780230277144
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
Inhoudsopgave
Acknowledgements Preface List of Illustrations Contents PART I: SOCIETY DANCES Fashionable Bodies and Society Dancing Fashioning Dance Histories The Seasonal Round Public Spaces Late Victorian Repertoire Anarchy in the Ball Room PART II: FASHIONING GENTILITY A Noble Profession Temples of Terpsichore The Fashioning of Ladies Modelling the Lady Where are our Men? Dancing Dogs and Manly Men PART III: MODERN MOVES Moving into the Twentieth Century Modernizing Terpsichore Civilization Under Threat Knuts and Aliens Civilizing from the Centre Looking Back, Moving On Notes Bibliography Index