Steppin' Out - New York Nightlife and the Transformation of American Culture

The evolution of New York nightlife from the Gay Nineties through the Jazz Age was, as Lewis A. Erenberg shows, both symbol and catalyst of Americas transition out of the Victorian period. Cabaret culture led the way to new styles of behavior and consumption, dissolving conventional barriers between classes, races, the sexes-even between life and art. A fabulous era of chorus girls, jazz players, lobster palaces, and hip flasks-the age of Sophie Tucker, Irene and Vernon Castle, and Gilda Gray-tangos through the pages of this ground-breaking, as well as entertaining, cultural history.

About the author

Lewis A. Erenberg is professor of history at Loyola University of Chicago.

Product details

• Authors: Erenberg, Lewis A. Erenberg, Erenberg Lewis A.
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.1984
• EAN: 9780226215150
• ISBN: 978-0-226-21515-0
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 15 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 482 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Cultural Studies, 20th Century, PERFORMING ARTS / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Other performing arts, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Variety shows, music hall, cabaret