{"product_id":"adversaries-of-dance","title":"ADVERSARIES of DANCE","description":"\u003cp\u003e Whether in the private parlor, public hall, commercial \"dance palace,\" or sleazy dive, dance has long been opposed by those who viewed it as immoral--more precisely as being a danger to the purity of those who practiced it, particularly women. In \u003ci\u003eAdversaries of Dance,\u003c\/i\u003e Ann Wagner presents a major study of opposition to dance over a period of four centuries in what is now the United States. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Wagner bases her work on the thesis that the tradition of opposition to dance \"derived from white, male, Protestant clergy and evangelists who argued from a narrow and selective interpretation of biblical passages,\" and that the opposition thrived when denominational dogma held greater power over people's lives and when women's social roles were strictly limited. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Central to Wagner's work, which will be welcomed by scholars of both religion and dance, are issues of gender, race, and socioeconomic status. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54244405084504,"sku":"9780252065903","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/adversaries-of-dance","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}