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Going to the Palais - A Social And Cultural History of Dancing and Dance Halls in Britain, 1918-1960 (Paperback)
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Going to the Palais - A Social And Cultural History of Dancing and Dance Halls in Britain, 1918-1960 (Paperback)
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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 leisure activities.
Going to the Palais has several key focuses. First, it explores the
expansion of the dance hall industry and the development of a 'mass
audience' for dancing between 1918 and 1960. Second, the impact of
these changes on individuals and communities is examined, with a
particular concentration on working and lower-middle-class
communities, and on young men and women. Third, the cultural impact
of dancing and dance halls is explored. A key aspect of this debate
is an examination of how Britain's dance culture held up against
various standardizing processes (for example, commercialization,
Americanization) over the period, and whether we can see the
emergence of a 'national' dance culture. Finally, the volume offers
an assessment of wider reactions to dance halls and dancing in the
period. Going to the Palais is concerned with the complex
relationship between discourses of class, culture, gender, and
national identity and how they overlap - how cultural change,
itself a response to broader political, social, and economic
developments, was helping to change notions of class, gender, and
national identity.
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