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Title
Perspectives on American dance
Type
Text
Monograph
Contribution
Atkins, Jennifer (Editor)
Sommer, Sally R. (Editor)
Young, Tricia Henry, 1955- (Editor)
Subject
Dance--United States--History (LCSH)
Dance--Social aspects--United States (LCSH)
Modern dance--United States (LCSH)
Ballet--United States (LCSH)
Language
English
Illustrative Content
Illustrations
Geographic Coverage
Classification
LCC: GV1623 .P46 2018 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
DDC: 792.80973 full (Assigner: dlc)(Source: 23)
Supplementary Content
index
Content
text
Summary
The editors of this anthology analyze a broad range of themes and dance styles in order to examine how dance has helped to shape American identity. This volume focuses on dance and its social, cultural, and political constructs.
Table Of Contents
Sampling moves
Dancing identity: the annual smoki "ceremonial dances" of Prescott, Arizona / Lynette Russell
Jitterbuggers, sugar plums, and a geisha: dancing nexus in Japanese American Incarceration Facilities of World War II / Marta Robertson
Doppelg¿nger with a difference: Ruth Page's debt (and dedication) to African American jazz / Joellen Meglin
Alonzo King Lines Ballet: counterpoints / Jill Nunes Jensen
Broadcasting moves
Flirting with terpsichore: show dancing in 1930s Hollywood musicals / Adrienne McLean
Sailors in the city: dance, nationalism, and cultural imperialism in Anchors Aweigh and on the town / Kathaleen Boche
"Just kids": youth, community, and race in televised teen dance programs of the 1950s / Julie Malnig
On the world's stage: Nana Gollner, an American classical ballerina and the rhetoric of ballet nationalism, 1930-1950 / Karen Eliot
Critiquing moves
Flagging the body, dancing the nation: the bodies politic of Isadora Duncan and Yvonne Rainer / Sara Wolf
Staging stars and stripes: (re)choreographing the American flag / Lizzie Leopold
Gender and the dancing body in English country dance / Daniel Walkowitz
Cabaret: a study of fascism, sexuality, and politics / Dara Milovanovic
Self-determination and public space: the performative politics of breaking / Cutler Edwards.
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Perspectives on American dance
Admin Metadata
Generation Process: DLC marc2bibframe2 v2.5.0
Status: changed
Encoding Level: full
Identified By: bf:Local, 19622002
Change Date: 2018-10-05T12:44:23
Creation Date: 2017-04-25
Description Language: English
Description Modifier: United States, Library of Congress
Description Authentication: Program for Cooperative Cataloging
Assigner: FUG/DLC