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001 2011003117
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005 20111007105225.0
008 110204s2011 enka b 000 0 eng d
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020 $a9780230277144 (hardback)
020 $a0230277144 (hardback)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn692287904
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100 1 $aBuckland, Theresa.
245 10 $aSociety dancing :$bfashionable bodies in England, 1870-1920 /$cTheresa Jill Buckland.
260 $aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;$aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2011.
300 $ax, 247 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 224-237) and index.
505 0 $aPart I: Society Dances: Fashionable bodies and society dancing; Fashioning dance histories; The seasonal round; Public spaces; Late Victorian repertoire; Anarchy in the ball room -- Part II: Fashioning Gentility: A noble profession; Temples of Terpsichore; The fashioning of ladies; Modelling the lady; Where are our men?; Dancing dogs and manly men -- Part III: Modern Moves: Moving into the twentieth century; Modernizing Terpsichore; Civilization under threat; Knuts and aliens; Civilizing from the centre; Looking back, moving on -- Appendix: Key personnel in society dancing in England, 1870-1920.
520 $a"Based on new archival research, this book uniquely presents a fresh interrogation of how, among London's fashionable society, dancing in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was variously a means of social modelling, change, conformity and creative individual expression"-- Provided by publisher.
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650 0 $aDance$xSocial aspects$zEngland$zLondon$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aDance$xSocial aspects$zEngland$zLondon$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aLondon (England)$xSocial life and customs$y19th century.
651 0 $aLondon (England)$xSocial life and customs$y20th century.