Appalachian Dance : Creativity and Continuity in Six Communities /

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In Appalachian Dance: Creativity and Continuity in Six Communities, Susan Eike Spalding brings to bear twenty-five years' worth of rich interviews with black and white Virginians, Tennesseeans, and Kentuckians to explore the evolution and social uses of dance in each region. Spalding analyzes h...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spalding, Susan Eike (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Pine Mountain Settlement School (Pine Mountain, Ky.)
Pine Mountain Settlement School (Pine Mountain, Ky.) > History.
Manners and customs.
Folk dancing.
HISTORY > Social History.
GAMES > Travel Games.
GAMES > Reference.
Folk dancing > Appalachian Region.
Appalachian Region.
Appalachian Region > Social life and customs.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Dynamic traditions
  • Lively dance currents
  • Old time dancing in Northeast Tennessee: traditional values in an industrial region
  • Blue Ridge breakdown: stability and tradition in an African American community
  • Mr. Perry's sweet shop and a new old time dance
  • Dance at Pine Mountain Settlement School: ideals and insitutions
  • "Rise and shine:" dancing for community development at Hoedown Island
  • The Carcassonne Square Dance: a true revival.

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