Dancing class : gender, ethnicity, and social divides in American Dance, 1890-1920 Linda J. Tomko

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tomko, Linda J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dance--Anthropological aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Dance.

Dance--Sex differences.

Dance--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

283 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1999.

Contents:

Bodies and dances in Progressive-era America

Constituting culture, authorizing dance

The settlement house and the playhouse: cultivating dance on New York's Lower East Side

From Henry Street to Grand Street: transfer and transition to the neighborhood playhouse

Working women's dancing, and dance as women's work: Hull-House, Chicago Commons, and Boston's South End House

Folk dance, park fetes, and period political values.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p.[221]-269) and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives

ISBN:

0253213274 (pa. : alk. paper)

025333571X (cl. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

40848565