"Dances and balls appear throughout literature as a place for young people to meet, flirt, and form relationships: as any reader of Pride and Prejudice, War and Peace, or Romeo and Juliet can attest, dance scenes provide an opportunity for writers to criticize societal expectati…
"Dances and balls appear throughout world literature as venues for young people to meet, flirt, and form relationships, as any reader of 'Pride and Prejudice', 'War and Peace', or 'Romeo and Juliet' can attest. In the context of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Jewish culture, …
"Dances and balls appear throughout literature as a place for young people to meet, flirt, and form relationships: as any reader of Pride and Prejudice, War and Peace, or Romeo and Juliet can attest, dance scenes provide an opportunity for writers to criticize societal expectati…
Introduction : the space of the dance floor -- The choreography of acculturation -- How Jews learned to dance -- The tavern : Jewish participation in rural leisure culture -- The ballroom : questions of admission and exclusion -- The wedding : celebratory ritual and social enfor…
Dances and balls appear throughout world literature as venues for young people to meet, flirt, and form relationships, as any reader of Pride and Prejudice, War and Peace, or Romeo and Juliet can attest. The popularity of social dance transcends class, gender, ethnic, and nation…
"Dances and balls appear throughout literature as a place for young people to meet, flirt, and form relationships: as any reader of Pride and Prejudice, War and Peace, or Romeo and Juliet can attest, dance scenes provide an opportunity for writers to criticize societal expectati…