Dance Floor Democracy : The Social Geography of Memory at the Hollywood Canteen /

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Open from 1942 until 1945, the Hollywood Canteen was the most famous of the patriotic home-front nightclubs where civilian hostesses jitterbugged with enlisted men of the Allied Nations. The storied dance floor remains the subject of much U.S. national nostalgia for the "Good War" and the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Tucker, Sherrie, 1957- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Hollywood Canteen.
Social conditions.
Social aspects.
Memory > Social aspects.
Dance > Social aspects.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Danse > Aspect social > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Dance > Social aspects > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Memory > Social aspects > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > United States.
United States.
California > Los Angeles.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Open from 1942 until 1945, the Hollywood Canteen was the most famous of the patriotic home-front nightclubs where civilian hostesses jitterbugged with enlisted men of the Allied Nations. The storied dance floor remains the subject of much U.S. national nostalgia for the "Good War" and the "Greatest Generation." By drawing from oral histories with civilian volunteers and military guests who danced at the wartime nightclub, Sherrie Tucker complicates the history of the Hollywood Canteen
Descripción Física:1 online resource (408 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780822376200

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