ADVERSARIES of DANCE

From the PURITANS to the PRESENT

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

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Beskrivning

Whether in the private parlor, public hall, commercial "dance palace," or sleazy dive, dance has long been opposed by those who viewed it as immoral--more precisely as being a danger to the purity of those who practiced it, particularly women. In Adversaries of Dance, Ann Wagner presents a major study of opposition to dance over a period of four centuries in what is now the United States. Wagner bases her work on the thesis that the tradition of opposition to dance "derived from white, male, Protestant clergy and evangelists who argued from a narrow and selective interpretation of biblical passages," and that the opposition thrived when denominational dogma held greater power over people's lives and when women's social roles were strictly limited. Central to Wagner's work, which will be welcomed by scholars of both religion and dance, are issues of gender, race, and socioeconomic status.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1997-02-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt:626 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:464
Förlag:University of Illinois Press
ISBN:9780252065903

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"There are no other works that even begin to approach this definitive accomplishment." -- Amanda Porterfield, author of Female Piety in Puritan New England

Innehållsförteckning

Preface viiIntroduction xi Part 1: European Antecedents 1. The Pre-Reformation Tradition 32. The Voices of Protestant Reformers 19 Part 2: American Attitudes 3. The Puritans in New England: The Seventeenth Century 474. The Gentry and the Awakening: The Eighteenth Century 705. Early Evangelicals and American Etiquette: 1800-1839 1066. The Evangelical Mainstream and Radical Reformers: 1840-60 1417. Conservatives, Liberals, and the City: 1865-89 1938. Embattled Fundamentalists and the Rhetoric of Moral Panic: 1890-1939 2369. Urban Reformers and the Dance Hall: 1908-40 29210. The Polemic Upstaged: 1930-69 and Beyond 320 Part 3: Critical Variables and Cultural Context 11. The Nature of Dance and the Polemic in Reprise 36312. Aesthetics, Morality, and Gender 383 Appendix A. Bible Verses on Dance 401B. Known European Adversaries of Dance 407C. Lesser-Known Adversaries Mentioned in the Text 413 Index 423