“Semiotic Analysis and Singalongs”
The July 18 issue of the TLS has a report on the Fred Astaire Conference, held in June at Oriel College, Oxford. I’ve been to a fair number of academic conferences in the last couple of years—some more entertaining than others—and I wish this one had been in the travel budget. Thanks to my dad, I grew up on musicals, and I am delighted that scholars have seen fit to tackle the big questions: A lively discussion evolved around the subject of Rogers’s dresses, traditionally maligned for being ‘in the way’: a view that is now undergoing revision. Even the… Read more...
