{"product_id":"going-to-the-palais-p-paperback","title":"Going to the Palais P - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the mid-1920s, the dance hall occupied a pivotal place in the culture of working- and lower-middle-class communities in Britain - a place rivalled only by the cinema and eventually to eclipse even that institution in popularity. \u003cem\u003eGoing to the Palais\u003c\/em\u003e examines the history of this vital social and cultural institution, exploring the dances, dancers, and dance venues that were at the heart of one of twentieth-century Britain's most significant leisure activities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eGoing to the Palais\u003c\/em\u003e has several key focuses. First, it explores the expansion of the dance hall industry and the development of a 'mass audience' for dancing between 1918 and 1960. Second, the impact of these changes on individuals and communities is examined, with a particular concentration on working and lower-middle-class communities, and on young men and women. Third, the cultural impact of dancing and dance halls is explored. A key aspect of this debate is an examination of how Britain's dance culture held up against various standardizing processes (for example, commercialization, Americanization) over the period, and whether we can see the emergence of a 'national' dance culture. Finally, the volume offers an assessment of wider reactions to dance halls and dancing in the period. \u003cem\u003eGoing to the Palais\u003c\/em\u003e is concerned with the complex relationship between discourses of class, culture, gender, and national identity and how they overlap - how cultural change, itself a response to broader political, social, and economic developments, was helping to change notions of class, gender, and national identity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Nott, \u003cem\u003eLecturer in Modern History, University of St Andrews\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJames Nott is a social and cultural historian specialising in twentieth-century British culture and society. He is author of \u003cem\u003eMusic for the People: Popular Music and Dance in Interwar Britain\u003c\/em\u003e (2002) and co-editor of \u003cem\u003eClasses, Politics, and Cultures: Essays in British History in Honour of Ross McKibbin\u003c\/em\u003e (2011). He is currently working on a history of masculinity in twentieth century Britain and the links between race and dance.\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 18, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729264087103,"sku":"9780198866633","price":110.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/121de57a5e3f0518ea37d912a3fd87ee.webp?v=1765121562","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/going-to-the-palais-p-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}