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Society dancing : fashionable bodies in England, 1870-1920
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"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 vario...
"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.
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- Creator
- Theresa Jill Buckland
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
- Physical Details
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- x, 247 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780230277144, 0230277144
- OCLC
- ocn692287904
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Machine generated contents note: -- 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
Subjects
- Dance -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.
- Dance -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century.
- Dance -- Social aspects -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.
- Dance -- Social aspects -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century.
- London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
- London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.