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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... mara- thons took place where a crowd could sit and watch . A whole range of special attractions could be positioned around the central event of an endurance dance contest . If the home - town aspect of dance mara- thons could be ...
... mara- thons took place where a crowd could sit and watch . A whole range of special attractions could be positioned around the central event of an endurance dance contest . If the home - town aspect of dance mara- thons could be ...
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... mara- thons aroused in both fans and dancers were emotions spent , at least in part , on the doubtful chances of their own survival . Spectators kept coming back or tuning in on the radio to follow their favorites through hours of glory ...
... mara- thons aroused in both fans and dancers were emotions spent , at least in part , on the doubtful chances of their own survival . Spectators kept coming back or tuning in on the radio to follow their favorites through hours of glory ...
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... mara- thons ' right to exist . Shortly thereafter , Kaplan claimed that he had definite proof that " motion picture interests " were organizing to pro- mote legislation against dance marathons.28 The many editorials and pleas for action ...
... mara- thons ' right to exist . Shortly thereafter , Kaplan claimed that he had definite proof that " motion picture interests " were organizing to pro- mote legislation against dance marathons.28 The many editorials and pleas for action ...
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COMMON HEROES | 3 |
THE DANCE DERBY OF THE CENTURY | 22 |
FOR NO GOOD REASON | 40 |
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