Going to the Palais
A Social And Cultural History of Dancing and Dance Halls in Britain, 1918-1960
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 18 June 2020
- ISBN 9780198866633
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages344 pages
- Size 234x157x19 mm
- Weight 530 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 23 black and white illustrations 0
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Short description:
From the Charleston to the Twist, Going to the Palais provides a lively and vivid account of dancing and its interaction with race, gender, class, and national identity in Britain from 1918 to 1960, exploring the pivotal role dancehalls and dancing played in twentieth-century British social and cultural history.
MoreLong description:
From the mid-1920s, the dance hall occupied a pivotal place in the culture of working- and lower-middle-class communities in Britain - a place rivalled only by the cinema and eventually to eclipse even that institution in popularity. Going to the Palais examines the history of this vital social and cultural institution, exploring the dances, dancers, and dance venues that were at the heart of one of twentieth-century Britain's most significant leisure activities.
Going to the Palais has several key focuses. First, it explores the expansion of the dance hall industry and the development of a 'mass audience' for dancing between 1918 and 1960. Second, the impact of these changes on individuals and communities is examined, with a particular concentration on working and lower-middle-class communities, and on young men and women. Third, the cultural impact of dancing and dance halls is explored. A key aspect of this debate is an examination of how Britain's dance culture held up against various standardizing processes (for example, commercialization, Americanization) over the period, and whether we can see the emergence of a 'national' dance culture. Finally, the volume offers an assessment of wider reactions to dance halls and dancing in the period. Going to the Palais is concerned with the complex relationship between discourses of class, culture, gender, and national identity and how they overlap - how cultural change, itself a response to broader political, social, and economic developments, was helping to change notions of class, gender, and national identity.
Review from previous edition The richness and depth of the study is exemplified by its geographical scope....This monumental book on an important aspect of popular culture in the twentieth century provides a template for future research on dance halls and associated forms of leisure. The depth of research, sources, and critical reflection already marks it out as a classic. It should be widely read and discussed by business historians, labor historians, and scholars who are seeking to understand the social and cultural life of the British people in the twentieth century.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Part I: Dancing, the Dance Hall Industry, and its Audience
The Birth of the Palais: Dancing and Dance Halls, 1918-1939
Wartime Boom: Dancing and the Dance Hall Industry at War, 1939-1945
Rise and Fall: The Golden Age of the Dance Hall, 1945-1960
The Development of Dancing in Britain 1918-1960
Part II: The Dance Hall and British Society, 1918-1960
Youth and the dance hall, 1918-1960
Women, Dancing and Dance Halls, 1918-1960
Romance and Intimacy in the Dance Hall
Part III: Conflicts and Control: Moral Panic and the Dance Hall 1918-1960
Morality, Gender, and the Dance Hall 1918-60
Race and the Dance Hall
The 'Youth Problem' and the Dance Hall 1918-1960
Conclusion
