America dancing : from the cakewalk to the moonwalk / Megan Pugh.

Author: Pugh, Megan, 1982- author.

Imprint:New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]

Descriptionxii, 398 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Note:The cakewalk, America's first national dance -- Bill Robinson's dream -- Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers pick themselves up -- Agnes de Mille's square dance -- Paul Taylor's bugle boy -- Michael Jackson's moonwalk.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-376), filmography (pages 315-319), and index.

Note:Traces the history of American dance while reflecting on how issues of race and class have shaped the art's evolution.

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