Adair, Christy

Women and dance : sylphs and sirens / Christy Adair ; foreword by Janet Wolff. - 1994 reprint - London :: Macmillan, 1992. - xiv, 282 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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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Women dancers.
Dance--Social aspects.
Sex in dance.

GV1799.4 / .A33 1992

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