Author: Ella GardnerPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Public Dance Halls, Their Regulation and Place in the Recreation of Adolescents
Author: Ella GardnerPublic Dance Halls
Author: Ella GardnerPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780260518743
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Excerpt from Public Dance Halls: Their Regulation and Place in the Recreation of Adolescents Regulations in respect to the age of persons admitted to public dances and public dance halls have been adopted by 142 of the cities reporting to the Children's Bureau. Seventeen cities prohibit the admission of those under a stipulated age, although 7 of these apply only after 9 p. M.; 83 prohibit persons under stated ages attending dance halls unaccompanied; 1 prohibits the attendance of those under 16 and requires persons 16 and 17 to be accompanied; and 41 require persons under a certain age to be accompanied after a specified hour. The regulations requiring that persons under a given age be aecom panied generally specify the parent or guardian, but the various ordinances differ slightly in this respect. In'certain localities it is sufficient if the minor is with an escort or older person; in others it is necessary that the parent or guardian give written consent to the attendance of the minor with his particular companion. A few cities make a distinction in the minimum age of attendance for girls and for boys. The age restrictions apply to admission or attendance at the dancing place or the dance, whichever is covered by the ordinance, but no distinction between these has been made in this section. State laws relating to minimum age of persons attending, or taking part in public dances affect 165 cities not included in the preceding summary - 16 in Connecticut, 36 in Massachusetts, 2 in Minnesota, 33 in New York, 1 in North Dakota, 21 in Ohio, 22 in Pennsylvania, 6 in Rhode Island, and 28 in New Jersey. Under 21 years - According to data at hand no city ordinance specifically prohibits all persons under 21 years from attending or taking part in public dancing. Walla Walla, Wash, however, makes it unlawful for boys under 21 years to attend or be present at a public dance unless accompanied by parent or legal guardian. Denver, Colo., requires a keeper or proprietor of a public dance hall'to keep a register containing the name and address of every person actually or apparently under 21 years who attends, the date of such attend ance, and the name and address of the male escort of all females under 21 years admitted. The inspector of amusements may require such persons to Sign their names and addresses in the register before being permitted to enter the dance hall. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Routledge Library Editions: Women and Politics
Author: VariousPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0429677189
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 2932
Book Description
Routledge Library Editions: Women and Politics (9 Volume set) presents titles, originally published between 1981 and 1993. The set draws attention to the importance of women and how their presence and active involvement, in politics and related fields, during the twentieth century has been crucial throughout the world.
Dance Hall Days
Author: Randy McBeePublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814761194
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
The rise of commercialized leisure coincided with the arrival of millions of immigrants to America's cities. Conflict was inevitable as older generations attempted to preserve their traditions, values, and ethnic identities, while the young sought out the cheap amusements and sexual freedom which the urban landscape offered. At immigrant picnics, social clubs, and urban dance halls, Randy McBee discovers distinct and highly contested gender lines, proving that the battle between the ages was also one between the sexes. Free from their parents and their strict rules governing sexual conduct, working women took advantage of their time in dance halls to challenge conventional gender norms. They routinely passed certain men over for dances, refused escorts home, and embraced the sensual and physical side of dance to further accentuate their superior skills and ability on the dance floor. Most men felt threatened by women's displays of empowerment and took steps to thwart the changes taking place. Accustomed to street corners, poolrooms, saloons, and other all-male get-togethers, working men tried to transform the dance hall into something that resembled these familiar hangouts. McBee also finds that men frequently abandoned the commercial dance hall for their own clubs, set up in the basements of tenement flats. In these hangouts, working men established rules governing intimacy and leisure that allowed them to regulate the behavior of the women who attended club events. The collective manner in which they behaved not only affected the organization of commercial leisure but also men and women's struggles with and against one another to define the meaning of leisure, sexuality, intimacy, and even masculinity.
Satan in the Dance Hall
Author: Ralph G. GiordanoPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810863634
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Satan in the Dance Hall explores the overwhelming popularity of social dancing and its close relationship to America's rapidly changing society in the 1920s. The book focuses on the fiercely contested debate over the morality of social dancing in New York City, led by moral reformers and religious leaders like Rev. John Roach Straton. Fed by the firm belief that dancing was the leading cause of immorality in New York, Straton and his followers succeeded in enacting municipal regulations on social dancing and moral conduct within the more than 750 public dance halls in New York City. Ralph G. Giordano conveys an easy to read and full picture of life in the Jazz Age, incorporating important events and personalities such as the Flu Epidemic, the Scopes Monkey Trial, Prohibition, Flappers, Gangsters, Texas Guinan, and Charles Lindbergh, while simultaneously describing how social dancing was a hugely prominent cultural phenomenon, one closely intertwined with nearly every aspect of American society fromthe Great War to the Great Depression. With a bibliography, an index, and over 35 photos, Satan in the Dance Hall presents an interdisciplinary study of social dancing in New York City throughout the decade.
The March of Spare Time
Author: Susan CurrellPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 081220171X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
In The March of Spare Time, Susan Currell explores how and why leisure became an object of such intense interest, concern, and surveillance during the Great Depression. As Americans experienced record high levels of unemployment, leisure was thought by reformers, policy makers, social scientists, physicians, labor unions, and even artists to be both a cause of and a solution to society's most entrenched ills. Of all the problems that faced America in the 1930s, only leisure seemed to offer a panacea for the rest. The problem centered on divided opinions over what constituted proper versus improper use of leisure time. On the one hand, sociologists and reformers excoriated as improper such leisure activities as gambling, loafing, and drinking. On the other, the Works Progress Administration and the newly professionalized recreation experts promoted proper leisure activities such as reading, sports, and arts and crafts. Such attention gave rise to new ideas about how Americans should spend their free time to better themselves and their nation. These ideas were propagated in social science publications and proliferated into the wider cultural sphere. Films, fiction, and radio also engaged with new ideas about leisure, more extensively than has previously been recognized. In examining this wide spectrum of opinion, Currell offers the first full-scale account of the fears and hopes surrounding leisure in the 1930s, one that will be an important addition to the cultural history of the period.
Administration of Mothers' Aid in Ten Localities
Author: Alice Madorah DonahuePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural laborers
Languages : en
Pages : 1432
Book Description
This pamphlet discusses the legislative regulation of public dance halls in twenty-eight states. Some of the regulations undertaken by the states include restrictions on attendance, hours of operation, supervision, and regulation of the physical and social conditions of the hall. The author also discusses some of the regulations and ordinances of 100 cities including one from Lincoln, Nebraska that required patrons to keep their bodies at least six inches apart.
Children in Street Work
Author: Nettie Pauline McGillPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child labor
Languages : en
Pages : 1208
Book Description
Bureau Publication
Author: Publications of the Children's Bureau
Author: United States. Children's BureauPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description