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Society dancing : fashionable bodies in England, 1870-1920 /

"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"...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Buckland, Theresa
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:
Dance > England > London > History > 19th century.
Dance > England > London > History > 20th century.
Dance > Social aspects > England > London > History > 19th century.
Dance > Social aspects > England > London > History > 20th century.
London (England) > Social life and customs > 19th century.
London (England) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / General.
HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century.
HISTORY / Social History.
Table of Contents:
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  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • List of Illustrations
  • 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
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.