Dance Marathons: Performing American Culture in the 1920s and 1930s

by Carol Martin

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This penetrating analysis of one of the most extraordinary fads ever to strike America details how dance marathons manifested a potent from of drama. Between the two world wars they were a phenomenon in which working-class people engaged in emblematic struggles for survival. Battling to outlast other contestants, the dancers hoped to become notable. There was crippling exhaustion and anguish among the contenders, but ultimately it was the coupling...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0878057013

ISBN13:9780878057016

Release Date:August 1994

Publisher:University Press of Mississippi

Length:210 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.2" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography Criticism & Theory Dance Drama History & Criticism Humor & Entertainment Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction Performing Arts

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