Designed for Dancing
How Midcentury Records Taught America to Dance
$76.24
- Hardcover
552 pages
- Release Date
29 October 2021
Summary
In midcentury America, eager dancers mamboed in the kitchen, waltzed in the living room, Watusied at the nightclub, and polkaed in the pavilion, instructed (and inspired) by dance records. Glorious, full-color record covers encouraged them: Let’s Cha Cha Cha, Dance and Stay Young, Dancing in the Street!, Limbo Party, High Society Twist.
In Designed for Dancing, vinyl record aficionados and collectors Janet Borgerson and Jonathan Schroeder examine dance records of the 1950s an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262044332 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262044331 |
| Author: | Janet Borgerson, Jonathan Schroeder |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 552 |
| Release Date: | 29 October 2021 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 254mm |
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Critics Review
“An intriguing look at social dance culture through a material lens. For scholars and aficionados of mid-20th-century popular culture.” – Library Journal
“An intriguing look at social dance culture through a material lens. For scholars and aficionados of mid-20th-century popular culture.”
—Library Journal
“A fascinating yet approachable read and a gorgeous feast for the eyes.”
—Christine Green, (585) magazine
“The authors do important and entertaining work informing readers how the convergence of dancing and music—and album cover art—impacted American identity at midcentury.”
—Joe Maita, Jerry Jazz Musician
Janet Borgerson
Janet Borgerson is Wicklander Fellow at DePaul University. Jonathan Schroeder is William A. Kern Professor in the School of Communication, Rochester Institute of Technology. They are the authors of Designed for Hi-Fi Living: The Vinyl LP in Midcentury America (MIT Press), named a best book of 2017 by the Financial Times and a best music book of 2017 by Vinyl Factory.
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