Format:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 315 pages, [32] pages of plates)
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illustrations, portraits
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
081312459X
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0813172691
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1283233207
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9780813124599
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9780813172699
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9781283233200
Content:
Vernon and Irene Castle popularized ragtime dancing in the years just before World War I and made dancing a respectable pastime in America. The whisper-thin, elegant Castles were trendsetters in many ways: they traveled with a black orchestra, had an openly lesbian manager, and were animal-rights advocates decades before it became a public issue. Irene was also a fashion innovator, bobbing her hair ten years before the flapper look of the 1920s became popular. From their marriage in 1911 until 1916, the Castles were the most famous and influential dance team in the world. Their dancing school
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-301) and index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 081312459X
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Golden, Eve Vernon and Irene Castle's ragtime revolution Lexington, Ky : University Press of Kentucky, ©2007
Language:
English
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