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Dance Marathons : Performing American Culture of the 1920s and 1930s Performance Studies (Jackson, Miss.)
author
:
Martin, Carol J.
publisher
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University Press of Mississippi
isbn10 | asin
:
0878057013
print isbn13
:
9780878057016
ebook isbn13
:
9780585217529
language
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English
subject
Dance marathons--United States--History, Dance marathons--Social aspects--United States, United States--Social life and customs--1918-1945.
publication date
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1994
lcc
:
GV1623.M37 1994eb
ddc
:
792.8
subject
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Dance marathons--United States--History, Dance marathons--Social aspects--United States, United States--Social life and customs--1918-1945.
Page i
Dance Marathons
Page ii
PERFORMANCE STUDIES Expressive Behavior in Culture
Sally Harrison-Pepper, General Editor
Page iii
Dance Marathons
Performing American Culture of the 1920s and 1930s
Carol Martin
Foreword by Brooks McNamara
Page iv
Copyright 1994 by University Press of Mississippi All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
97 96 95 94 4 3 2 1
The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Martin, Carol J. Dance marathons : performing American culture of the 1920S and 1930 / Carol Martin; foreword by Brooks McNamara. p. cm. (Performance studies, expressive behavior in culture) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-87805-673-4. ISBN 0-87805-701-3 (pbk.) 1. Dance marathonsUnited StatesHistory. 2. Dance marathons Social aspectsUnited States. 3. United StatesSocial life and customs 1918-1945. I. Title. II. Series. GV1623.M37 1994 792.8dc20 94-12157 CIP
British Library Cataloging-in-Publication data available
Page v
For my mother, father, and grandmother who knew those times
Page vii
Contents
Illustrations
ix
Foreword
xi
Acknowledgments
xiii
Introduction
xv
1. Common Heroes
3
2. The Dance Derby of the Century
22
3. For No Good Reason
40
4. Private Fantasy and Public Ambivalence
68
5. Hal J. Ross: Cunning, Smart, and Slick
87
6. The National Endurance Amusement Association
111
7. Unnegotiable Realities
129
Appendix
147
Notes
161
Sources
171
Index
177
Page ix
Illustrations
Treating injuries in a marathon "hospital"
29
Billy Curts shaving on the dance floor
32
Annie Oger and Clyde Hamby dance a specialty dance.
41
Jewell Yohstock and Arnold Ehling in a cellophane wedding
43
Burlesque and vaudeville sketches
44
"Frozen alive" was another special entertainment.
45
Winning and losing as theatre
46
Even the floor judge turned his anger into a rehearsed theatrical display.
52
Patsy Gallagher and Dale Thorpe lament the fact that Chad Alviso and Louie Meredith fell out of a contest.
54
A contestant gets a rub down in the "boys"' rest quarters.
56
A table was set up on sawhorses so that contestants could eat their meals while dancing.
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