If you want to learn about masculinity; ask a man if he likes to dance. One man in this study answered; "Music is something that goes on inside my head; and is sort of divorced from; to a large extent; the rest of my body." How did this mans head become divorced from his body? To answer this question; Maxine Craig sought out men who love music but hate to dance. Combining interviews; participant observation and archival research; Sorry I Dont Dance uncovers the recent origins of cultural assumptions regarding sex; race; and the capacity to dance. From the beginning of the twentieth century through the Swing Era young men of all races danced. But in the 1960s suburbanization; homophobia; and fragmentation of music cultures drove white men from the dance floor; and feminized; sexualized and racialized dance. Sorry I Dont Dance reveals how changing beliefs concerning gender; race; class; and sexuality over the past half-century have redefined what it means to be a man in America.
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