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Cancan! is a comprehensive history of this dance in its social context. The author examines political changes and their effects on the evolution of the dance, the sexual morality of the times, prostitution, the growing emancipation of women toward the end of the nineteenth century, changes in women's fashions, and development in the arts. Illustrated.
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This is an updated version of Cancan!, originally published in 1998 by Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.
From the Author:
I spent years researching in historical sources--contemporary books and magazine articles--so that I could provide the definitive history of this exciting dance. I've added lots more information in this new edition, plus many more photos, particularly focusing on the dance today and the thoughts and experiences of dancers performing it in France, the US, Canada, and the UK.
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- PublisherFairleigh Dickinson Univ Pr
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0838638201
- ISBN 13 9780838638200
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages313
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