Women and Dance: Sylphs and Sirens

ISBN-13: 9780333476260 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 283 str.

Christy Adair

Opis

A broad-ranging account of women's role and experience in dance which demolishes the myth that dance is a female art form by demonstrating the way in which it is dominated by male managers, choreographers and directors. While most dancers are women, for the most part they interpret male-constructed images rather than create them. This is not inevitable, however, the author argues; dance is a possible arena for feminist practice and women's liberation.

Spis treści

List of Illustrations.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- Dancing Hierarchies.- Dance in Society Cultured Bodies.- The Social Construction of the Body Colonised Bodies.- The Oppression of Women Viewing Women.- The Production and Reception of Dance Titillating Tutus.- Ballet Revolutionary Women.- Modern Dance We Say No.- Postmodern Dance Black Power.- Black Dance Beginning Again.- New Dance The Subversives.- Women's Dance Practice.- Bibliography.- Index.