Athena Meets Venus: Visions of Women in Social Dance in the Teens and Early 1920s

Dance Research Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 34-62

  Malnig, Julie ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80054130447     PISSN: 01497677     EISSN: 1940509X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1478331     Document Type: Article

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