Dance Marathons: Performing American Culture of the 1920s and 1930sUniversity Press of Mississippi, 1994 - 182 страница 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 of authentic pain with staged displays that made dance marathons a national craze. Within the well-controlled space of theatre they revealed actual life's unpredictability and inconsistencies, and, indeed, the frightful aspects of social Darwinism. In this grotesque theatrical setting we see also a horrifying metaphor - the ailing nation grappling with difficult times. |
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... keep shifting their weight or picking up their feet during all meals . ( Photo from the Dance Collection of New York City Public Library , Lincoln Center ) of the spectators . A tall sawhorse table was placed in the center of the dance ...
... keep shifting their weight or picking up their feet during all meals . ( Photo from the Dance Collection of New York City Public Library , Lincoln Center ) of the spectators . A tall sawhorse table was placed in the center of the dance ...
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... keeping dancers in the show , created his own excitement by talking constantly to help keep the dancers alert . Ross was an expert when it came to setting up the tensions that oc- curred among the contestants and spectators , and ...
... keeping dancers in the show , created his own excitement by talking constantly to help keep the dancers alert . Ross was an expert when it came to setting up the tensions that oc- curred among the contestants and spectators , and ...
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... Keep your hands to yourself . 4. Be clean at all times - physically and morally . 5. Help the nurse or trainer to keep the quarters clean at all times . 6. Don't smoke while on the floor or in your quarters . If you must smoke do so ...
... Keep your hands to yourself . 4. Be clean at all times - physically and morally . 5. Help the nurse or trainer to keep the quarters clean at all times . 6. Don't smoke while on the floor or in your quarters . If you must smoke do so ...
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COMMON HEROES | 3 |
THE DANCE DERBY OF THE CENTURY | 22 |
FOR NO GOOD REASON | 40 |
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Dance Marathons: Performing American Culture of the 1920s and 1930s Carol J. Martin Преглед исечка - 1994 |
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