Astaire by Numbers : Time & the Straight White Male Dancer - 9780197643594

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.

• | : Todd Decker (Paul Tietjens Professor of Music, Paul Tietjens Professor of Music, Washington University in St. Louis)
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• | Publication Date: Jan 12, 2023
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 504 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 0197643590
• | ISBN-13: 9780197643594