Designed for dancing: how midcentury records taught America to dance
Janet Borgerson and Jonathan Schroeder
- Resource Type:
- Book (Print/Paper)
- Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]
- Copyright:
- ©2021
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- Summary:
- "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"--Provided by publisher.
- Table of Contents:
- Invitation to the dance
- The drum
- Let's learn to dance
- Time for dancing
- Folk dances
- Fashion : dressed for dancing
- Calypso
- Latin
- Designed for dancing
- Let's go out!
- Waltz
- Tango
- Rhumba
- Dream dancing
- Mambo
- Merengue
- Cha-cha-cha
- Limbo
- Hula
- Square dance
- "Set your polka feet a'dancing"
- Belly dance
- Mixing it up : hybrid albums
- The twist
- Dance craze : rock and roll, discotheque, and soul
- Dancing over a lifetime
- Let's have a dance party!
- Author/Creator:
- Borgerson, Janet , author
- Contributors:
- Schroeder, Jonathan E., 1962- , author
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Item content: English
- Subjects:
- General Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-524) and indexes.
- Physical Description:
- x, 540 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
- Physical Characteristics:
- photograph; illustration
- Call Numbers:
- ML3917.U6 B72 2021
- ISBNs:
- 9780262044332 (hardcover)
0262044331 (hardcover) - Library of Congress Control Numbers:
- 2020047272
- OCLC Numbers:
- 1202732688