{"product_id":"designed-for-dancing-isbn-9780262044332","title":"Designed for Dancing","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhen Americans mamboed in the kitchen, waltzed in the living room, polkaed in the pavilion, and tangoed at the club; with glorious, full-color record cover art.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn midcentury America, eager dancers mamboed in the kitchen, waltzed in the living room, Watusied at the nightclub, and polkaed in the pavilion, instructed (and inspired) by dance records. Glorious, full-color record covers encouraged them: \u003ci\u003eLet’s Cha Cha Cha\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDance and Stay Young\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDancing in the Street!\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLimbo Party\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHigh Society Twist\u003c\/i\u003e. In \u003ci\u003eDesigned for Dancing\u003c\/i\u003e, vinyl record aficionados and collectors Janet Borgerson and Jonathan Schroeder examine dance records of the 1950s and 1960s as expressions of midcentury culture, identity, fantasy, and desire.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBorgerson and Schroeder begin with the record covers—memorable and striking, but largely designed and created by now-forgotten photographers, scenographers, and illustrators—which were central to the way records were conceived, produced, and promoted. Dancing allowed people to sample aspirational lifestyles, whether at the Plaza or in a smoky Parisian café, and to affirm ancestral identities with Irish, Polish, or Greek folk dancing. Dance records featuring ethnic music of variable authenticity and appropriateness invited consumers to dance in the footsteps of the Other with “hot” Latin music, Afro-Caribbean rhythms, and Hawaiian hulas. Bought at a local supermarket, department store, or record shop, and listened to in the privacy of home, midcentury dance records offered instruction in how to dance, how to dress, how to date, and how to discover cool new music—lessons for harmonizing with the rest of postwar America.Acknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e1 Invitation to the Dance 21\u003cbr\u003e2 The Drum 59\u003cbr\u003e3 Let's Learn to Dance 79\u003cbr\u003e4 Time for Dancing 99\u003cbr\u003e5 Folk Dances 117\u003cbr\u003e6 Fashion: Dressed for Dancing 139\u003cbr\u003e7 Calypso 157\u003cbr\u003e8 Latin 175\u003cbr\u003e9 Designed for Dancing 193\u003cbr\u003e10 Let's Go Out! 201\u003cbr\u003e11 Waltz 221\u003cbr\u003e12 Tango 233\u003cbr\u003e13 Rhumba 245\u003cbr\u003e14 Dream Dancing 253\u003cbr\u003e15 Mambo 261\u003cbr\u003e16 Merengue 273\u003cbr\u003e17 Cha-Cha-Cha 283\u003cbr\u003e18 Limbao 303\u003cbr\u003e19 Hula 313\u003cbr\u003e20 Square Dance 327\u003cbr\u003e21 \"Set Your Polka Feet A'Dancing\" 343\u003cbr\u003e22 Belly Dance 257\u003cbr\u003e23 Mixing it Up: Hybrid Albums 375\u003cbr\u003e24 The Twist 389\u003cbr\u003e25 Dance Craze: Rock and Roll, Discotheque, and Soul 405\u003cbr\u003e26 Dancing over a Lifetime 439\u003cbr\u003e27 Let's Have a Dance Party! 451\u003cbr\u003eNotes 475\u003cbr\u003eBibliography 507\u003cbr\u003eIndex of Records 527\u003cbr\u003eIndex 533\"An intriguing look at social dance culture through a material lens. For scholars and aficionados of mid-20th-century popular culture.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“A fascinating yet approachable read and a gorgeous feast for the eyes.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Christine Green, \u003ci\u003e(585) magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The authors do important and entertaining work informing readers how the convergence of dancing and music—and album cover art—impacted American identity at midcentury.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Joe Maita,\u003ci\u003e Jerry Jazz Musician\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"An intriguing look at social dance culture through a material lens. For scholars and aficionados of mid-20th-century popular culture.” — \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“From hula to rock and roll, belly dance to square dance, tango to Polish polka, Borgerson and Schroeder provide a treasure trove of information, research, and warm memories!”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eAnthony Shay, Professor of Dance and Cultural Studies, Pomona College\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Dance music LPs of all styles and nationalities were prized possessions in my family’s home, and this cover collection reminds me of the infectious sounds streaming from the record console and the joyful music that filled the air with happiness.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eSteven Heller, cochair MFA Design, School of Visual Arts, New York\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Midcentury Americans sure did love that living-room shimmy. This beautifully illustrated compendium reveals the long-forgotten cosmopolitanism and playfulness of Cold War America. It also makes you want to dance. Who could ask for more?”\u003cbr\u003e—F\u003cb\u003ered Turner, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Democratic Surround: Multimedia and American Liberalism from World War II to the Psychedelic Sixties\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the Oscar G. Brockett Book Prize for Dance Research, Dance Studies Association, 2022\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the Prize for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research, the Association for Recorded Sound Collections, 2022\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Association of Dress Historians Book of the Year, 2022\u003c\/b\u003eJanet Borgerson is Wicklander Fellow at DePaul University. Jonathan Schroeder is William A. Kern Professor in the School of Communication, Rochester Institute of Technology. They are the authors of \u003ci\u003eDesigned for Hi-Fi Living: The Vinyl LP in Midcentury America\u003c\/i\u003e (MIT Press), named a best book of 2017 by the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e and a best music book of 2017 by Vinyl Factory.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304020529381,"sku":"NP9780262044332","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262044332.jpg?v=1767725018","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/designed-for-dancing-isbn-9780262044332","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}