Dance hall days : intimacy and leisure among working-class immigrants in the United States, Randy D. McBee, (electronic book)

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Dance hall days : intimacy and leisure among working-class immigrants in the United States, Randy D. McBee, (electronic book)

Title remainder

intimacy and leisure among working-class immigrants in the United States

Medium

electronic book

Statement of responsibility

Randy D. McBee

Instantiates

• Dance hall days : intimacy and leisure among working-class immigrants in the United States

Publication

• New York, New York University Press, c2000
• New York, New York University Press, 2000

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-288) and index

Color

multicolored

Contents

Marriages were a little different then : marriages upon short acquaintance and immigrant, working-class life -- The era of large ballrooms and famous bands : the rise of commercial leisure and the making of a peer culture -- The girls here are like crazy : working-class women's heterosocial leisure and homosocial fun -- That's alright, I have my gang here : working-class male culture and the struggle over gender, identity, and dance -- And you know the old saying about familiarity breeding contempt : working-class male culture, social clubs, and heterosocial leisure -- When it comes to my marrying, boy, there will be a lot of strings pulled by my parents : familial conflict, commercial leisure, and weddings

Control code

ebr10137177

Dimensions

24 cm.

Dimensions

unknown

Extent

ix, 293 p., [8] p. of plates

Form of item

electronic

Isbn

9780814756201

Isbn Type

(acid-free paper)

Original version note

Original electronic resource.

Other physical details

ill.

Record ID

b2064909

Reproduction note

Electronic resource.

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remote