Society dancing : fashionable bodies in England, 1870-1920 / Theresa Jill Buckland.
2011
GV1646.E6 B84 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
Society dancing : fashionable bodies in England, 1870-1920 / Theresa Jill Buckland.
Author
Buckland, Theresa.
ISBN
9780230277144
0230277144
0230277144
Publication Details
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Language
English
Description
x, 247 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
GV1646.E6 B84 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
793.310904212
Summary
"Based on new archival research, this book uniquely presents a fresh interrogation of how, among London's fashionable society, dancing in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was variously a means of social modelling, change, conformity and creative individual expression"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-237) and index.
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Table of Contents
Part I: Society Dances: Fashionable bodies and society dancing; Fashioning dance histories; The seasonal round; Public spaces; Late Victorian repertoire; Anarchy in the ball room
Part II: Fashioning Gentility: A noble profession; Temples of Terpsichore; The fashioning of ladies; Modelling the lady; Where are our men?; Dancing dogs and manly men
Part III: Modern Moves: Moving into the twentieth century; Modernizing Terpsichore; Civilization under threat; Knuts and aliens; Civilizing from the centre; Looking back, moving on
Appendix: Key personnel in society dancing in England, 1870-1920.
Part II: Fashioning Gentility: A noble profession; Temples of Terpsichore; The fashioning of ladies; Modelling the lady; Where are our men?; Dancing dogs and manly men
Part III: Modern Moves: Moving into the twentieth century; Modernizing Terpsichore; Civilization under threat; Knuts and aliens; Civilizing from the centre; Looking back, moving on
Appendix: Key personnel in society dancing in England, 1870-1920.