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This dynamic collection documents the rich and varied history of social dance and the multiple styles it has generated, while drawing on some of the most current forms of critical and theoretical inquiry. The essays cover different historical periods and styles; encompass regional influences from North and South America, Britain, Europe, and Africa; and emphasize a variety of methodological approaches, including ethnography, anthropology, gender studies, and critical race theory. While social dance is defined primarily as dance performed by the public in ballrooms, clubs, dance halls, and other meeting spots, contributors also examine social dance’s symbiotic relationship with popular, theatrical stage dance forms. Contributors are Elizabeth Aldrich, Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Yvonne Daniel, Sherril Dodds, Lisa Doolittle, David F. García, Nadine George-Graves, Jurretta Jordan Heckscher, Constance Valis Hill, Karen W. Hubbard, Tim Lawrence, Julie Malnig, Carol Martin, Juliet McMains, Terry Monaghan, Halifu Osumare, Sally R. Sommer, May Gwin Waggoner, Tim Wall, and Christina Zanfagna.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments   xi Introduction   /   Julie Malnig   1 SECTION 1   /   HISTORICAL PRECEDENTS 1. Our National Poetry   /   The Afro-Chesapeake Inventions of American Dance   19   Jurretta Jordan Heckscher 2. The Civilizing of America's Ballrooms   /   The Revolutionary War to 1890   36   Elizabeth Aldrich 3. "Just Like Being at the Zoo"   /   Primitivity and Ragtime Dance   55   Nadine George-Graves 4. Apaches, Tangos, and Other Indecencies   /   Women, Dance, and New York Nightlife of the 1910s   72   Julie Malnig SECTION 2   /   EVOLVING STYLES 5. Reality Dance   /   American Dance Marathons   93   Carol Martin 6. The Trianon and On / Reading Mass Social Dancing in the 1930s and 1940s in Alberta, Canada   109   Lisa Doolittle 7. Negotiating Compromise on a Burnished Wood Floor   /   Social Dancing at the Savoy   126   Karen Hubbard and Terry Monaghan 8. Rumba Then and Now   /   Quindembo   146   Yvonne Daniel 9. Embodying Music/Disciplining Dance   /   The mambo Body in Havana and New York City   165   David F. Garcia 10. Rocking Around the Clock   /   Teenage Dance Fads from 1955 to 1965   182   Tim Wall 11. Beyond the Hustle   /   1970s Social Dancing, Discotheque Culture, and the Emergence of the Contemporary Club Dancer   199   Tim Lawrence SECTION 3   /   THEATRICALIZATIONS OF SOCIAL DANCE FORMS 12. "A Thousand Raggy, Draggy Dances"   /   Social Dance in Broadway Musical Comedy in the 1920s   217   Barbara Cohen-Stratyner 13. From Bharata Natyam to Bop   /     Jack Cole's "Modern" Jazz Dance   234   Constance Valis Hill 14. From Busby Berkeley to Madonna   /   Music Video and Popular Dance      247   Sherril Dodds 15. The Dance Archaeology of Rennie Harris   /   Hip-Hop or Postmodern?   261   Halifu Osumare SECTION 4   /   THE CONTEMPORARY SCENE 16. "C'mon to My House"   /   Underground House Dancing   285   Sally R. Sommer 17. Dancing Latin/Latin Dancing   /   Salsa and Dancesport   302   Juliet McMains 18. Louisiana Gumbo   /   Retention, Creolization, and Innovation in Contemporary Cajun and Zydeco Dance   323   May Gwin Waggoner 19. The Multiringed Cosmos of Krumping   /   Hip-Hop Dance at the Intersections of Battle, Media, and Spirit   337   Christina Zanfagna Contributors   355 Index   361

About the Author :
Julie Malnig is an associate professor at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University and the author of Dancing Till Dawn: A Century of Exhibition Ballroom Dance.

Review :
"Contributors to this important new collection offer scholarship that helps us to hear, feel, and imagine that transformation through the ongoing story of American social and popular dance practices."--Dance Research Journal "Malnig makes a significant contribution to the field of dance studies with this impressive, long-overdue investigation into the rich world of vernacular dance traditions. . . . Highly recommended."--Choice "This extraordinary collection of essays brings to the forefront the transformative power of social and popular dance as well as its profound impact in shaping American culture and history over the past two centuries."--Dance Chronicle


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780252055140
  • Publisher: University of Illinois Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Illinois Press
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: A Social and Popular Dance Reader
  • ISBN-10: 0252055144
  • Publisher Date: 10 Jan 2023
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 277


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