Going to the Palais: A Social And Cultural History of Dancing and Dance Halls in Britain, 1918-1960
- Author: Nott, James J.
Nott puts the well-worn concept of gender, class and age through their paces. He shows that austerity and economic insecurity boosted the desire to dance while affluence gradually slowed it down... — More…
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Contents
- Introduction
- Part I : Dancing, the Dance Hall Industry, and its Audience 1: The Birth of the Palais: Dancing and Dance Halls, 1918-1939 2: Wartime Boom: Dancing and the Dance Hall Industry at War, 1939-1945 3: Rise and Fall: The Golden Age of the Dance Hall, 1945-1960
- Part II : The Dance Hall and British Society, 1918-1960 5: Youth and the dance hall, 1918-1960 6: Women, Dancing and Dance Halls, 1918-1960 7: Romance and Intimacy in the Dance Hall
- Part III : Conflicts and Control: Moral Panic and the Dance Hall 1918-1960 8: Morality, Gender, and the Dance Hall 1918-60 9: Race and the Dance Hall 10: The 'Youth Problem' and the Dance Hall 1918-1960
- Conclusion