Going to the Palais: A Social and Cultural History of Dancing and Dance Halls in Britain, 1918-1960
- ISBN-10
- 019960519X
- ISBN-13
- 9780199605194
- Category
- Dance
- Pages
- 352
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Author
- James Nott
Description
From the mid-1920s, the dance hall occupied a pivotal place in the culture of working- and lower-middle-class communities in Britain - a place rivalled only by the cinema and eventually to eclipse even that institution in popularity. Going to the Palais examines the history of this vital social and cultural institution, exploring the dances, dancers, and dance venues that were at the heart of one of twentieth-century Britain's most significant leisureactivities. From the Charleston to the Twist, Going to the Palais provides a lively and vivid account of dancing and its interaction with race, gender, class, and national identity in Britain from 1918 to 1960. Indoing so it plugs a significant gap in our understanding of twentieth-century British social and cultural history.
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