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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... wanted to strictly regulate and ultimately extinguish this form of " dangerous " ( sexual , licentious , connected to criminal activities ) entertainment . Movie theater owners , recognizing that marathons posed stiff competition for ...
... wanted to strictly regulate and ultimately extinguish this form of " dangerous " ( sexual , licentious , connected to criminal activities ) entertainment . Movie theater owners , recognizing that marathons posed stiff competition for ...
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... wanted to be able to make deals with pro- moters when they could . Ideally , the standardization of rules would cir- cumvent this possibility and would prevent promoters from making the rules more difficult when they wanted to put more ...
... wanted to be able to make deals with pro- moters when they could . Ideally , the standardization of rules would cir- cumvent this possibility and would prevent promoters from making the rules more difficult when they wanted to put more ...
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... wanted to risk attracting the wandering unemployed . Who could guarantee that these people would move on after the show was finished ? A potent demonstration of this rejection of the unemployed took place in 1932 when the Hoover ...
... wanted to risk attracting the wandering unemployed . Who could guarantee that these people would move on after the show was finished ? A potent demonstration of this rejection of the unemployed took place in 1932 when the Hoover ...
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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 Ограничен приказ - 1994 |
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Dance Marathons: Performing American Culture of the 1920s and 1930s Carol J. Martin Преглед исечка - 1994 |
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