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Modern moves dancing race during the ragtime and jazz eras

Title
Modern moves [electronic resource] : dancing race during the ragtime and jazz eras / Danielle Robinson.
Author
Robinson, Danielle, 1971-
Publication
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015.

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Description
1 online resource (xviii, 197 pages)
Summary
"Modern Moves examines the movement of social dances between "black" and "white" cultural groups and immigrant and migrant communities during the early twentieth century. It focuses on Manhattan, a Black Atlantic capital into which diverse people and dances flowed and intermingled, and out of which new dances were marketed globally"--
Uniform Title
Modern moves (Online)
Alternative Title
Modern moves (Online)
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Contents
Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Let's Go Back Home: The Slow Drag, Black Migration, and the Birth of Black Harlem -- 2. A Colorful Nightmare: Immigrant Ragtime Dancing as Participatory Minstrelsy -- 3. The Ugly Duckling: The Refinement of Ragtime Dancing and the Mass Marketing of Modern Social Dance -- 4. The Eclipse: Modern Ballroom Dancing, Bodily Code Switching, and the Harlem Renaissance -- 5. Ragtime Legacies: Appropriation, Authenticity, and Opportunity -- Conclusion.
LCCN
2014046794
OCLC
ssj0001519685
Author
Robinson, Danielle, 1971-
Title
Modern moves [electronic resource] : dancing race during the ragtime and jazz eras / Danielle Robinson.
Imprint
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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