Overview

A collection of papers, written specially for this volume, which explores aspects of the ways in which dance and gender intersect in a variety of cultural contexts, from social and disco dance, to the Hollywood musical and dances from different cultures. The contributors come from a broad range if disciplines, such as cultural studies, anthropology, sociology, dance studies, film studies and journalism. They bring to the book a wide body of ideas and approaches, including feminism, psychoanalysis, ethnography and subcultural theory.

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Author:   Helen Thomas
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780333637593

ISBN 10:   0333637593
Pages:   219
Publication Date:   01 February 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Notes on the Contributors - List of Plates - Preface - PART 1: CULTURAL STUDIES - Dance, Gender and Culture; T.Polhemus - Dancing in the Dark: Rationalism and the Neglect of Social Dance; A.Ward - Ballet, Gender and Cultural Power; C.J.Novack - 'I seem to find the happiness I seek': Heterosexuality and Dance in the Musical; R.Dyer - PART 2: ETHNOGRAPHY - An-other Voice: Young Women dancing and talking; H.Thomas - Gender interchangeability among the Tiwi; A.Grau - Saturday Night Fever: an Ethnography of Disco Dancing; D.Walsh - Classical Indian Dance and Women's Status; J.L.Hanna - PART 3: THEORY/CRITICISM - 'You put your left foot in, then you shake it all about...': Excursions and Incursions into Feminism and Bausch's Tanztheater; A.Sanchez-Colberg - 'She might pirouette on a daisy and it would not bend': Images of Femininity and Dance Appreciation; L-A.Sayers - Still dancing downwards and talking back; Z.Oyortey - The Anxiety of Dance Performance; V.Rimmer - Index

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