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Modern moves dancing race during the ragtime and jazz eras /

'Modern Moves' examines the movement of American social dances between black and white cultural groups and immigrant and migrant communities during the early twentieth century. It is structured by five overlapping case studies drawn from the disparate and yet related dance scenes of Manhat...

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Main Author: Robinson, Danielle, 1971-
Other Authors: Oxford Scholarship Online.
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Physical Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Subjects:
Ballroom dancing -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Dance -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Dance -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Jazz -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1921-1930 -- History and criticism.
Music and race -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Racism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.

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