Dancing in the English Style: Consumption, Americanisation and National Identity in Britain, 1918-50

By Allison Abra

Book Overview

This book illuminates the history of popular dance, one of the most influential and widespread leisure practices in early twentieth-century Britain. It focuses on the relationship between dancing and national identity construction, in a period when Britain participated in increasingly global markets of cultural production, consumption and exchange.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784994332
• ISBN13: 9781784994334
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"