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Waltzing Through Europe: Attitudes towards Couple Dances in the Long Nineteenth Century (PDF)

From ‘folk devils’ to ballroom dancers, Waltzing Through Europe explores the changing reception of fashionable couple dances in Europe from the eighteenth century onwards. A refreshing intervention in dance studies, this book brings together elements of historiography, cultural memory, folklore, and...

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Main Authors: Anne von Bibra Wharton, Helena Saarikoski, Egil Bakka, Theresa Jill Buckland
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Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/25967260.v1
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description From ‘folk devils’ to ballroom dancers, Waltzing Through Europe explores the changing reception of fashionable couple dances in Europe from the eighteenth century onwards. A refreshing intervention in dance studies, this book brings together elements of historiography, cultural memory, folklore, and dance across comparatively narrow but markedly heterogeneous localities. Rooted in investigations of often newly discovered primary sources, the essays afford many opportunities to compare sociocultural and political reactions to the arrival and practice of popular rotating couple dances, such as the Waltz and the Polka. Leading contributors provide a transnational and affective lens onto strikingly diverse topics, ranging from the evolution of romantic couple dances in Croatia, and Strauss’s visits to Hamburg and Altona in the 1830s, to dance as a tool of cultural preservation and expression in twentieth-century Finland. Waltzing Through Europe creates openings for fresh collaborations in dance historiography and cultural history across fields and genres. It is essential reading for researchers of dance in central and northern Europe, while also appealing to the general reader who wants to learn more about the vibrant histories of these familiar dance forms.
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spelling rr-article-259672602020-09-10T00:00:00Z Waltzing Through Europe: Attitudes towards Couple Dances in the Long Nineteenth Century (PDF) Anne von Bibra Wharton (18763285) Helena Saarikoski (18763288) Egil Bakka (17832801) Theresa Jill Buckland (18763291) cultural memory dance dance studies folklore historiography Polka Waltz From ‘folk devils’ to ballroom dancers, Waltzing Through Europe explores the changing reception of fashionable couple dances in Europe from the eighteenth century onwards. A refreshing intervention in dance studies, this book brings together elements of historiography, cultural memory, folklore, and dance across comparatively narrow but markedly heterogeneous localities. Rooted in investigations of often newly discovered primary sources, the essays afford many opportunities to compare sociocultural and political reactions to the arrival and practice of popular rotating couple dances, such as the Waltz and the Polka. Leading contributors provide a transnational and affective lens onto strikingly diverse topics, ranging from the evolution of romantic couple dances in Croatia, and Strauss’s visits to Hamburg and Altona in the 1830s, to dance as a tool of cultural preservation and expression in twentieth-century Finland. Waltzing Through Europe creates openings for fresh collaborations in dance historiography and cultural history across fields and genres. It is essential reading for researchers of dance in central and northern Europe, while also appealing to the general reader who wants to learn more about the vibrant histories of these familiar dance forms. 2020-09-10T00:00:00Z Text Book 2134/25967260.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/book/Waltzing_Through_Europe_Attitudes_towards_Couple_Dances_in_the_Long_Nineteenth_Century_PDF_/25967260 CC BY 4.0
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Anne von Bibra Wharton
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Egil Bakka
Theresa Jill Buckland
Waltzing Through Europe: Attitudes towards Couple Dances in the Long Nineteenth Century (PDF)
title Waltzing Through Europe: Attitudes towards Couple Dances in the Long Nineteenth Century (PDF)
title_full Waltzing Through Europe: Attitudes towards Couple Dances in the Long Nineteenth Century (PDF)
title_fullStr Waltzing Through Europe: Attitudes towards Couple Dances in the Long Nineteenth Century (PDF)
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title_short Waltzing Through Europe: Attitudes towards Couple Dances in the Long Nineteenth Century (PDF)
title_sort waltzing through europe: attitudes towards couple dances in the long nineteenth century (pdf)
topic cultural memory
dance
dance studies
folklore
historiography
Polka
Waltz
url https://hdl.handle.net/2134/25967260.v1