Decker, Todd - Astaire by Numbers

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.

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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
Acknowledgements
Notes