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Author:

Buckland, Theresa.

Title:

Society dancing : fashionable bodies in England, 1870-1920 / Theresa Jill Buckland.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

x, 247 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Dance--London--London--History--19th century.
Dance--London--London--History--20th century.
Dance--History--London--London--History--19th century.
Dance--History--London--London--History--20th century.
London (England)--Social life and customs--19th century.
London (England)--Social life and customs--20th century.
PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Reference
PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / General
HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century
HISTORY / Social History

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-237) and index.

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 -- Appendix: Key personnel in society dancing in England, 1870-1920.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0230277144 (hardback)
9780230277144 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)692287904

LCCN:

2011003117

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)