Designed for Dancing
How Midcentury Records Taught America to Dance
Published on 19. October 2021
Book
Hardback
552 pages
978-0-262-04433-2 (ISBN)
Description
"This book presents a visually compelling collection of vintage dance record covers from the golden age of album cover design and discusses their contribution to the story of American identity"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
292 colour photos
Dimensions
Height: 258 mm
Width: 207 mm
Thickness: 39 mm
Weight
1716 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-04433-2 (9780262044332)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Janet Borgerson and Jonathan Schroeder
Content
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1 Invitation to the Dance 21
2 The Drum 59
3 Let's Learn to Dance 79
4 Time for Dancing 99
5 Folk Dances 117
6 Fashion: Dressed for Dancing 139
7 Calypso 157
8 Latin 175
9 Designed for Dancing 193
10 Let's Go Out! 201
11 Waltz 221
12 Tango 233
13 Rhumba 245
14 Dream Dancing 253
15 Mambo 261
16 Merengue 273
17 Cha-Cha-Cha 283
18 Limbao 303
19 Hula 313
20 Square Dance 327
21 "Set Your Polka Feet A'Dancing" 343
22 Belly Dance 257
23 Mixing it Up: Hybrid Albums 375
24 The Twist 389
25 Dance Craze: Rock and Roll, Discotheque, and Soul 405
26 Dancing over a Lifetime 439
27 Let's Have a Dance Party! 451
Notes 475
Bibliography 507
Index of Records 527
Index 533
Introduction 1
1 Invitation to the Dance 21
2 The Drum 59
3 Let's Learn to Dance 79
4 Time for Dancing 99
5 Folk Dances 117
6 Fashion: Dressed for Dancing 139
7 Calypso 157
8 Latin 175
9 Designed for Dancing 193
10 Let's Go Out! 201
11 Waltz 221
12 Tango 233
13 Rhumba 245
14 Dream Dancing 253
15 Mambo 261
16 Merengue 273
17 Cha-Cha-Cha 283
18 Limbao 303
19 Hula 313
20 Square Dance 327
21 "Set Your Polka Feet A'Dancing" 343
22 Belly Dance 257
23 Mixing it Up: Hybrid Albums 375
24 The Twist 389
25 Dance Craze: Rock and Roll, Discotheque, and Soul 405
26 Dancing over a Lifetime 439
27 Let's Have a Dance Party! 451
Notes 475
Bibliography 507
Index of Records 527
Index 533