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City Folk

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Description for City Folk Paperback. A look at how the history of country and folk dancing in America is deeply intermeshed with that of political liberalism and the "old left" Series: NYU Series in Social & Cultural Analysis. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASD; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.

This is the story of English Country Dance, from its 18th century roots in the English cities and countryside, to its transatlantic leap to the U.S. in the 20th century, told by not only a renowned historian but also a folk dancer, who has both immersed himself in the rich history of the folk tradition and rehearsed its steps.
In City Folk, Daniel J. Walkowitz argues that the history of country and folk dancing in America is deeply intermeshed with that of political liberalism and the ‘old left.’ He situates folk dancing within surprisingly diverse contexts, from progressive era ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Series
NYU Series in Social & Cultural Analysis
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781479890354
SKU
V9781479890354
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About Daniel J. Walkowitz
Daniel J. Walkowitz is Professor Emeritus of History and Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University. He is the author of City Folk: English Country Dance and the Politics of the Folk in Modern America (NYU Press, 2010) and Working witb Class: Social Workers and the Politics of Middle Class Identity (UNC Press, 1999).

Reviews for City Folk
City Folk brings matters of class, nation, and whiteness front and center, reframing the kinds of questions that can be fairly asked of English Country Dancing in the twentieth-century U.S. and Britain. Turning a keen eye on urban cohorts who embraced this dancing, Walkowitz provides a model for joining consideration of things political with things culturalspecifically with practices of the ... Read more

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