Dance hall days intimacy and leisure among working-class immigrants in the United States /
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
New York University Press,
c2000.
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Table of Contents:
- Marriages were a little different then : marriages upon short acquaintance and immigrant, working-class life
- The era of large ballrooms and famous bands : the rise of commercial leisure and the making of a peer culture
- The girls here are like crazy : working-class women's heterosocial leisure and homosocial fun
- That's alright, I have my gang here : working-class male culture and the struggle over gender, identity, and dance
- And you know the old saying about familiarity breeding contempt : working-class male culture, social clubs, and heterosocial leisure
- When it comes to my marrying, boy, there will be a lot of strings pulled by my parents : familial conflict, commercial leisure, and weddings.