Dancing Black, Dancing White Rock 'n' Roll, Race, and Youth Culture of the 1950s and Early 1960s |
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| Author:
| Malnig, Julie |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-753625-4 |
| Publication Date: | May 2023 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $125.00 |
Book Description:
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Dancing Black, Dancing White offers a new look at a popular phenomenon of the 1950s and 1960s---the televised teen dance program. Through a social and cultural history lens, the book uses these shows to explore rock and roll and how it affected both white and Black teenagers. The crux of the book is twofold: to explore how social and popular dance styles were created and disseminated within the new technology of television and to investigate how the shows both reflected and re-affirmed...
More DescriptionDancing Black, Dancing White offers a new look at a popular phenomenon of the 1950s and 1960s---the televised teen dance program. Through a social and cultural history lens, the book uses these shows to explore rock and roll and how it affected both white and Black teenagers. The crux of the book is twofold: to explore how social and popular dance styles were created and disseminated within the new technology of television and to investigate how the shows both reflected and re-affirmed the racial politics and attitudes of the time.