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Social Dance and the Modernist Imagination in Interwar Britain (Paperback)
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Social Dance and the Modernist Imagination in Interwar Britain (Paperback)
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Social dance was ubiquitous in interwar Britain. The social
mingling and expression made possible through non-theatrical
participatory dancing in couples and groups inspired heated
commentary, both vociferous and subtle. By drawing attention to the
ways social dance accrued meaning in interwar Britain, Rishona
Zimring redefines and brings needed attention to a phenomenon that
has been overshadowed by other developments in the history of
dance. Social dance, Zimring argues, haunted the interwar
imagination, as illustrated in trends such as folk revivalism and
the rise of therapeutic dance education. She brings to light the
powerful figurative importance of popular music and dance both in
the aftermath of war, and during Britain's entrance into
cosmopolitan modernity and the modernization of gender relations.
Analyzing paintings, films, memoirs, a ballet production, and
archival documents, in addition to writings by Virginia Woolf, D.H.
Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, Vivienne Eliot, and T.S. Eliot, to
name just a few, Zimring provides crucial insights into the
experience, observation, and representation of social dance during
a time of cultural transition and recuperation. Social dance was
pivotal in the construction of modern British society as well as
the aesthetics of some of the period's most prominent
intellectuals.
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