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Dancing in the English Style: Consumption, Americanisation and National Identity in Britain, 1918-50
Allison Abra
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Description for Dancing in the English Style: Consumption, Americanisation and National Identity in Britain, 1918-50
Hardback. Series Editor(s): Richards, Jeffrey. Series: Studies in Popular Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; ASD; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Dancing in the English style explores the development, experience, and cultural representation of popular dance in Britain from the end of the First World War to the early 1950s. It describes the rise of modern ballroom dancing as Britain's predominant popular style, as well as the opening of hundreds of affordable dancing schools and purpose-built dance halls. It focuses in particular on the relationship between the dance profession and dance hall industry and the consumers who formed the dancing public. Together these groups negotiated the creation of a 'national' dancing style, which constructed, circulated, and commodified ideas about national identity. ... Read more
Dancing in the English style explores the development, experience, and cultural representation of popular dance in Britain from the end of the First World War to the early 1950s. It describes the rise of modern ballroom dancing as Britain's predominant popular style, as well as the opening of hundreds of affordable dancing schools and purpose-built dance halls. It focuses in particular on the relationship between the dance profession and dance hall industry and the consumers who formed the dancing public. Together these groups negotiated the creation of a 'national' dancing style, which constructed, circulated, and commodified ideas about national identity. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Studies in Popular Culture
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784994334
SKU
V9781784994334
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About Allison Abra
Allison Abra is Assistant Professor of History and a Fellow in the Dale Center for the Study of War & Society at the University of Southern Mississippi -- .
Reviews for Dancing in the English Style: Consumption, Americanisation and National Identity in Britain, 1918-50
'[.] this nuanced and well-researched study demonstrates the merits of using popular dance as a gateway into British social and cultural history.' Laura Quinton, New York University, Twentieth Century British History, 2018
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