Journal Article10.1177/0959353596063005
Dance Classes-Dancing between Classifications
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TL;DR: The women's involvement within both performance and social dance has long been trivialized by cultural analysts and social historians alike, and dance has tended then, to be dismissed as ''meaningless'' as mentioned in this paper.
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Abstract: Women's involvement within both performance and social dance has long been trivialized by cultural analysts and social historians alike. Dance has tended then, to be dismissed as `meaningless'. How...
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