katrina hazard gorden documents what she thinks of as a similar phenom in terms of dance and music: a shift from dance forms that emphasized coupling up in the 50s and 60s, to the emphasis on single styling post 60s. Her argument is that there was an infrastructure that supported black het family life before that time, and it was reflected in the rates ofhetmarriage constantly rising througout the 20th century, then diving after the 60s. Hazard Gordon ties it to the same factors that Eli Anderson ties it to: the decline of infrastructure supporintg "traditional" het family, male breadwinner wages, deindustrialization, etc.
^^^^^ CB; Now that's infrastructure determining superstructure. Wonder what to make of popularity of ballroom couple dancing and group/hustle dancing today ?