The Cultural Turn and a New Social History: Folk Dance and the Renovation of Class in Social History.

The writer contends that English country dance, a recreational folk dance activity of largely professional managerial workers in the 20th-century United States, offers a window on the subjectivity and political culture of a class fraction that shows how middle-class studies imbricate that of working...

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Publicado en:Journal of Social History Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 781 - 803
Autor principal: Walkowitz, Daniel J.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Oxford University Press / UK Spring2006
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Sumario:The writer contends that English country dance, a recreational folk dance activity of largely professional managerial workers in the 20th-century United States, offers a window on the subjectivity and political culture of a class fraction that shows how middle-class studies imbricate that of working-class history. Moreover, he asserts, the income level, status, cultural and social capital of this quintessential middle-class fraction presents insights into the culture of liberalism in America.