Dancing Class - Gender, Ethnicity, and Social Divides in American Dance, 1890-1920

By examining master narratives of modern dance history, this provocative and insightful book demonstrates the cultural agency of Progressive-era dance practices.

About the author

Linda J. Tomko is Associate Professor of Dance at the University of California, Riverside. She is President of the Society of Dance History Scholars and Co-Director of the annual Stanford University Summer Workshop in Baroque Dance. In 1997 she won the Gertrude Lippincott Prize, awarded by SDHS, for her article "Fete Accompli," published in Corporealities.

Summary

By examining master narratives of modern dance history, this book demonstrates the cultural agency of fresh Progressive-era dance practices.

Product details

• Authors: Linda J Tomko, Linda J. Tomko, Tomko Linda J
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.01.2000
• EAN: 9780253213273
• ISBN: 978-0-253-21327-3
• No. of pages: 306
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 232 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 467 g
• Series: Unnatural Acts; Indiana University Press; Unnatural Acts; Unnatural Acts: Theorizing the Performative
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories