Designed for dancing : how midcentury records taught America to dance
Janet Borgerson (Author), Jonathan E. Schroeder (Author)
"This book presents a visually compelling collection of vintage dance record covers from the golden age of album cover design and discusses their contribution to the story of American identity"-- Provided by publisher
Print Book, English, 2021
The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2021
Music criticism and reviews
x, 540 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
9780262044332, 0262044331
1202732688
Invitation to the dance
The drum
Let's learn to dance
Time for dancing
Folk dances
Fashion : dressed for dancing
Calypso
Latin
Designed for dancing
Let's go out!
Waltz
Tango
Rhumba
Dream dancing
Mambo
Merengue
Cha-cha-cha
Limbo
Hula
Square dance
"Set your polka feet a'dancing"
Belly dance
Mixing it up : hybrid albums
The twist
Dance craze : rock and roll, discotheque, and soul
Dancing over a lifetime
Let's have a dance party!