Gender, Identity, and Cultural Change in 1960s Dirty Dance
Introduction Dirty Dancing (1987) endures as one of the most iconic coming-of-age romance films set during the pivotal cultural moment of the early 1960s. When the film begins, 17-year-old Frances “Baby” Houseman eagerly anticipates summer vacation with her affluent Jewish family at Kellerman’s, a posh resort in the Catskill Mountains. While her stern physician father ... Read More
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