Women and dance : sylphs and sirens / Christy Adair ; foreword by Janet Wolff.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London :: Macmillan, 1992.Edition: 1994 reprintDescription: xiv, 282 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0333476263 (pbk.)
  • 9780333476260 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 20 792.8082 ADA
LOC classification:
  • GV1799.4 .A33 1992
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Dancing hierarchies: dance in society -- 2. Cultured bodies: the social construction of the body -- 3. Colonised bodies: the oppression of women -- 4. Viewing women: the production and reception of dance -- 5. Titillating tutus: women in ballet -- 6. Revolutionary women: modern dance -- 7. We say no: postmodern dance -- 8. Back power: black dance -- 9. Beginning again: new dance -- 10. The subversives: women's dance practice.
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Books Books Academy of Music & Performing Arts Library General Stacks Non-fiction 792.8082 ADA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A04572
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792.8072 FRA Researching dance : 792.8076 LEG Introduction to modern dance techniques / 792.8081 BUR The male dancer : 792.8082 ADA Women and dance : 792.8082 BAN Dancing women : 792.8082 FRI Dancing female : 792.8083 GIL Creative dance for all ages :

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-270) and index.

1. Dancing hierarchies: dance in society -- 2. Cultured bodies: the social construction of the body -- 3. Colonised bodies: the oppression of women -- 4. Viewing women: the production and reception of dance -- 5. Titillating tutus: women in ballet -- 6. Revolutionary women: modern dance -- 7. We say no: postmodern dance -- 8. Back power: black dance -- 9. Beginning again: new dance -- 10. The subversives: women's dance practice.

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