| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction -- One:Numbers -- Two:Shots -- Three:Days, Hours, Minutes -- MIDPOINT: "I Just / Won't / [Don't?] Dance" -- FOUR:FRAMES, SETS, CUTS -- FIVE:PARTNERS -- SIX:NOISY MASCULINITY -- CONCLUSION -- Appendix One: Astaire Films Corpus -- Appendix Two: Astaire Dancing Corpus by Number -- Appendix Three: Astaire Dancing Corpus by Shot -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
Astaire by Numbers offers a complete re-assessment of a twentieth-century icon of American popular culture through a new looks at every second of dancing Fred Astaire committed to film in the studio era. Author Todd Decker provides a deep examination of this towering straight white male figure from the ground up by digging deeply into questions of race, gender, and sexuality |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from home page (Oxford Academic, viewed November 17, 2023) |
| Subject |
Astaire, Fred
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| SUBJECT |
Astaire, Fred fast |
| Subject |
Dancers -- United States.
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Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States.
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Dance in motion pictures, television, etc.
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Dance in motion pictures, television, etc.
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Dancers
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Motion picture actors and actresses
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Dance.
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Performing Arts.
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780197643624 |
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0197643620 |
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0197643604 |
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9780197643617 |
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0197643612 |
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9780197643600 |
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