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Dance of the Sleepwalkers: The Dance Marathon Fad

Autor Frank M. Calabria
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 iun 1993
Dance marathons were a phenomenally popular fad during the manic 1920s and depressive 1930s. What began as a craze soon developed into a money-making business which lasted 30 years. Some 20,000 contestants and show personnel participated in these events; audiences, the majority women, totalled in the millions. "A Poor Man's Nightclub," dance marathons were the dog-end of American show business, a bastard form of entertainment which borrowed from vaudeville, burlesque, night club acts and sports.
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ISBN-13: 9780879725709
ISBN-10: 0879725702
Pagini: 226
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Wisconsin Press
Colecția Popular Press 1

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Dance marathons were a phenomenally popular fad during the manic 1920s and depressive 1930s. What began as a craze soon developed into a money-making business which lasted 30 years. Some 20,000 contestants and show personnel participated in these events; audiences, the majority women, totalled in the millions. "A Poor Man's Nightclub," dance marathons were the dog-end of American show business, a bastard form of entertainment which borrowed from vaudeville, burlesque, night club acts and sports.