Appalachian dance : creativity and continuity in six communities / Susan Eike Spalding.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spalding, Susan Eike, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Square dancing.

Appalachian Region--Social life and customs.

Appalachian Region.

Pine Mountain Settlement School (Pine Mountain, Ky.)--History.

Pine Mountain Settlement School (Pine Mountain, Ky.).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana, Illinois ; Springfield, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 'Appalachian Dance', Susan Eike Spalding employs 25 years' worth of rich interviews with black and white Virginians, Tennesseans and Kentuckians to explore the evolution and social uses of dance practices in each region. Spalding analyzes how issues as disparate as industrialization around coal, race relations and the 1970's folk revival profoundly influenced freestyle clogging and other dance forms.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""1. Dynamic Traditions""; ""2. Lively Dance Currents""; ""3. Old Time Dancing in Northeast Tennessee: Traditional Values in an Industrial Region""; ""4. Blue Ridge Breakdown: Stability and Tradition in an African American Community""; ""5. Mr. Perry's Sweet Shop and a New Old Time Dance""; ""6. Dance at Pine Mountain Settlement School: Ideals and Institutions""; ""7. ""Rise and Shine"": Dancing for Community Development at Hoedown Island""; ""8. The Carcassonne Square Dance: A True Revival""; ""Afterword""; ""Notes""

""Works Cited""""Index""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780252080159

0252080157

9780252096457

0252096452

OCLC:

892942650