Embodied Nostalgia: Early Twentieth Century Social Dance and the Choreographing of Broadway Musical Theatre
- Author: Rumsey, Phoebe
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Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part 1: Ragtime - The Heartbeat of the Modern Era
- Chapter 1: "Juke joints supposed to be in the woods": Nostalgia for privacy and place in The Color Purple
- Chapter 2: "This was a music that was theirs": Ragtime and the Breakdown of Collective Nostalgia
- Chapter 3: "Till Georgie Took 'Em Away": Counter Nostalgia and Cultural Theft in Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
- Part 2: The Charleston - Lively and Liberated
- Chapter 4: "Men say it's criminal what women will do": Thoroughly Modern Millie and Nostalgia for the "New Woman"
- Chapter 5: "I need to do the Black Bottom!": Demystifying Nostalgia in The Wild Party
- Chapter 6: "I don't want to show off no more": Parody and Nostalgia Go Toe to Toe in The Drowsy Chaperone
- Part Three: Swing Dance - Rally and Rebound
- Chapter 7: "Good neighbors - Good neighbors": Wonderful Town and Nostalgia for Lost Communities.
- Chapter 8: When Nostalgia is Your Only Hope: Steel Pier and Dance Marathons
- Chapter 9: "Get in the game": Destabilizing Nostalgia in the Crisis of Identity in Allegiance
- Conclusion: "Just like it was before": The Promise Continues
- Index