The Laws of Etiquette; Or, Short Rules and Reflections for Conduct in Society

The Laws of Etiquette; Or, Short Rules and Reflections for Conduct in Society
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2020-03-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

How to build a positive social image? This is the main question this book tries to answer. The author, who preferred to stay anonymous, shares his own experiences of social routes. He describes himself as a person "who has been in the habit of frequenting good society" and decided to share his observations with the public.

Adversaries of Dance

Adversaries of Dance
Author: Ann Louise Wagner
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 472
Release: 1997
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780252065903

Whether in the private parlor, public hall, commercial "dance palace," or sleazy dive, dance has long been opposed by those who viewed it as immoral--more precisely as being a danger to the purity of those who practiced it, particularly women. In Adversaries of Dance, Ann Wagner presents a major study of opposition to dance over a period of four centuries in what is now the United States. Wagner bases her work on the thesis that the tradition of opposition to dance "derived from white, male, Protestant clergy and evangelists who argued from a narrow and selective interpretation of biblical passages," and that the opposition thrived when denominational dogma held greater power over people's lives and when women's social roles were strictly limited. Central to Wagner's work, which will be welcomed by scholars of both religion and dance, are issues of gender, race, and socioeconomic status. "There are no other works that even begin to approach this definitive accomplishment." --Amanda Porterfield, author of Female Piety in Puritan New England