Dance Marathons
Performing American Culture in the 1920s and 1930s
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1994
University Press of Mississippi (Verlag)
978-0-87805-701-6 (ISBN)
University Press of Mississippi (Verlag)
978-0-87805-701-6 (ISBN)
How the craze of exhausting marathon dancing during the 1920s and '30s mirrored America's struggle to outlast social problems of the era
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.
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.
Carol Martin is a professor of drama at New York University.
| Verlagsort | Jackson |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 333 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport |
| ISBN-10 | 0-87805-701-3 / 0878057013 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-87805-701-6 / 9780878057016 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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