The modern dance; a historical and analytical treatment of the subject; religious, social, hygienic, industrial aspects as viewed by the pulpit, the press, medical authorities, municipal authorities, social workers, etc., by M. F. Ham ... illustrations by Will N. Noonan.

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The modern dance; a historical and analytical treatment of the subject; religious, social, hygienic, industrial aspects as viewed by the pulpit, the press, medical authorities, municipal authorities, social workers, etc., by M. F. Ham ... illustrations by Will N. Noonan.

Ham, M. F. b. 1877. (Mordecai Fowler),

OTHER TITLES
Light on the dance

CREATED/PUBLISHED
2d ed., rev. and enl.
[San Antonio, San Antonio Printing Co., 1916]

SUMMARY
This is the second published edition of a sermon Ham delivered as part of an evangelistic campaign in Palestine, Texas in 1914, and his arguments are typical of this genre of antidance literature. Although Ham and other writers recognize dance in the Bible, it was interpreted as only danced by women, never in closed rooms, and never at night. Also typical of this type of manual, the author includes a list of other denunciations from Catholic, Jewish, and Episcopal church leaders. And, in an unusual addition, Ham includes an attack against social dance written by famed ballerina, Lydia Lupokova. Ham, in his colorful language, notes he has published this warning to "save many young men and women from one of Satan's most fetching appeals to the lust of the flesh."

NOTES
"Authorities quoted": p. 60.

SUBJECTS
Dance--Religious aspects--Sermons.
Sermons, American--20th century.
Antidance Literature.

MEDIUM
4 p.l., 7-60 p. illus., (incl. ports.) 23 cm.

CALL NUMBER
GV1741 .H3

DIGITAL ID
musdi 207 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.207

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