The Rural Square Dance in the Northeastern United States: A Continuity of Tradition
Creator: David John Winslow (1972)
This doctoral thesis in folklore is based on a study of square dances in New York state, Vermont, and New Hampshire. Especially interesting are the descriptions of traditional dances, based on the author's observation, and interviews with dancers, augmented with questionnaires.
The author notes the difficulties of collecting information from observation: "The collector of square dance data faces a real problem in the fact that such dances are held usually only on Saturday nights, and that Saturday night comes only once a week."
Included here in one file is the index and table of contents, and in another the preface and conclusion; the interested reader is directed to the entire thesis.
Collection: Northern squares
Subjects: Northeast - general
Tags: David John Winslow, folkore, kitchen hop, kitchen junket, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont
Subjects: Northeast - general
Tags: David John Winslow, folkore, kitchen hop, kitchen junket, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont
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Citation
David John Winslow, “The Rural Square Dance in the Northeastern United States: A Continuity of Tradition,” Square Dance History Project, accessed February 23, 2025, https://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/1326.
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The Rural Square Dance in the Northeastern United States: A Continuity of Tradition
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Description
This doctoral thesis in folklore is based on a study of square dances in New York state, Vermont, and New Hampshire. Especially interesting are the descriptions of traditional dances, based on the author's observation, and interviews with dancers, augmented with questionnaires.
The author notes the difficulties of collecting information from observation: "The collector of square dance data faces a real problem in the fact that such dances are held usually only on Saturday nights, and that Saturday night comes only once a week."
Included here in one file is the index and table of contents, and in another the preface and conclusion; the interested reader is directed to the entire thesis.
The author notes the difficulties of collecting information from observation: "The collector of square dance data faces a real problem in the fact that such dances are held usually only on Saturday nights, and that Saturday night comes only once a week."
Included here in one file is the index and table of contents, and in another the preface and conclusion; the interested reader is directed to the entire thesis.
Creator
Source
Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, available through ProQuest
Date Created
1972