TY - BOOK ID - 2731381 TI - Dancing class : gender, ethnicity, and social divides in American dance, 1890-1920 PY - 1999 SN - 0253213274 025333571X 9780253028174 9780253335715 PB - Bloomington Indiana University Press DB - UniCat KW - Sociology of culture KW - Social stratification KW - Theatrical science KW - Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality KW - St. Denis, Ruth KW - Duncan, Isadora KW - Fuller, Loïe KW - anno 1900-1999 KW - United States KW - Dance KW - Dances KW - Dancing KW - Amusements KW - Performing arts KW - Balls (Parties) KW - Eurythmics KW - Anthropological aspects KW - History KW - Sex differences KW - Social aspects KW - 20th century KW - Sex differences. KW - E-books KW - United States of America KW - Gender KW - Social class KW - Theatre KW - Sisterhood KW - Book KW - Turn of the century UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2731381 AB - Tomko blazes a new trail in dance scholarship by interconnecting U.S. History and dance studies.... the first to argue successfully that middle-class U.S. women promoted a new dance practice to manage industrial changes, crowded urban living, massive immigration, and interchange and repositioning among different classes." -Choice From salons to dance halls to settlement houses, new dance practices at the turn of the century became a vehicle for expressing cultural issues and negotiating matters of gender. By examining master narratives of modern dance history, this provocative and insightful book demonstrates the cultural agency of Progressive-era dance practices. ER -