City Folk English Country Dance and the Politics of the Folk in Modern America

Name: City Folk English Country Dance and the Politics of the Folk in Modern America
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ISBN: 9781479890354

ISBN-10: 1479890359

ISBN-13: 9781479890354

Edition: 2013

Authors: Daniel J. Walkowitz

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In City Folk, Daniel J. Walkowitz argues that the history of country and folk dancing in America is deeply intermeshed with that of political liberalism and the "old left." He situates folk dancing within surprisingly diverse contexts, from progressive era reform, and playground and school movements, to the changes in consumer culture, and the project of a modernizing, cosmopolitan middle class society. Tracing the spread of folk dancing, with particular emphases on English Country Dance, International Folk Dance, and Contra, Walkowitz connects the history of folk dance to social and international political influences in America. Through archival research, oral histories, and ethnography of…

Book details

Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 7/22/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Abbreviations


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Anglo-American Urban Folk Revivals



Revival Stories



Orderly Bodies: Dancing New York, 1900-1914



Orderly Bodies: Dancing London, 1900-1914



Planting a Colony in America



The American Branch



Liberalism and Folk Reimaginings



The Second Folk Revival



Re-Generation



Modern English Country Dance and the Culture of Liberalism


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index


About the Author