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Charleston
cultural globalisation
dance hall
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jazz
mass culture
popular culture
professionalisation
showbusiness
social dancing
tango
Product details
- ISBN 9781526156259
- Weight: 599g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 25 Mar 2022
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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By the 1920s, much of the world was ‘dance mad,’ as dancers from Buenos Aires to Tokyo, from Manchester to Johannesburg and from Chelyabinsk to Auckland, engaged in the Charleston, the foxtrot and a whole host of other fashionable dances. Worlds of social dancing examines how these dance cultures spread around the globe at this time and how they were altered to suit local tastes. As it looks at dance as a ‘social world’, the book explores the social and personal relationships established in encounters on dance floors on all continents. It also acknowledges the impact of radio and (sound) film as well as the contribution of dance teachers, musicians and other entertainment professionals to the making of the new dance culture.
Klaus Nathaus is Professor of History at the University of Oslo
James Nott is a Lecturer in Modern British History at the University of St Andrews
