Dancing Class: Gender, Ethnicity, and Social Divides in American Dance, 1890-1920 (Unnatural Acts: Theorizing the Performative) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Dancing Class: Gender, Ethnicity, and Social Divides in American Dance, 1890-1920 (Unnatural Acts: Theorizing the Performative) Book

"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." -- ChoiceFrom 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.Read More

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  • 0253213274
  • 9780253213273
  • Linda J. Tomko
  • 1 November 1999
  • Indiana University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 304
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