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Dancing Black, dancing White : rock 'n' roll, race, and youth culture of the 1950s and early 1960s /

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Dancing Black, Dancing White: Rock and Roll, Race, and Youth Culture of the 1950s and Early 1960s explores the phenomenon of rock and roll dance of the 1950s and early 1960s, a time of egregious racial prejudice and segregation in the United States, through the lens of the popular televised teen dan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Malnig, Julie (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2023].
Subjects:
Television dance parties > United States > History > 20th century.
Rock and roll dancing > United States > History > 20th century.
Dance and race > United States > History > 20th century.
Music and race > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Rock and Roll Dance and the TV Experiment
  • Transgressing Boundaries: Restraint and Rebellion in the Teen Dance Shows
  • Movin' and Groovin'": Black Teen Dance Shows of the 1950s and Early 1960s
  • Rock and Roll Dances and the Africanist Aesthetic
  • Girl Power: Youth Culture and Female Fandom
  • Storming the Sixties: From Teen Dances to Shindig!
  • Epilogue: Soul Train.