Dance, gender and culture

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Dance, gender and culture

edited by Helen Thomas

Macmillan, 1993

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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ISBN 9780333513743

Description

This collection of papers, many written principally for this volume, explore aspects of the ways in which dancer and gender intersect in a variety of cultural contexts, from social and disco dance to performance dance, to the Hollywood musical and dances from different cultures. The contributions come from a broad range of disciplines, such as cultural studies, anthropology, sociology, dance studies, film studies and journalism and bring a body of ideas and approaches including feminism, psychoanalysis, ethnography and subcultural theory.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Cultural studies: dance, gender and culture, Ted Polhemus
  • dancing in the dark - rationalism and the neglect of social dance, Andrew Ward
  • ballet, gender and cultural power, Cynthia J. Novack
  • "I seem to find the happiness I seek" - heterosexuality and dance in the musical, Richard Dyer. Part 2 Ethnography: an-other voice - young women dancing and talking, Helen Thomas
  • gender interchangeability among the Tiwi, Andree Grau
  • Saturday night fever - an ethnography of disco dancing, David Walsh
  • classical Indian dance and women's status, Judith Lynne 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 tanztheatre, Ana Sanchez-Colberg
  • "She might pirouette on a daisy and it would not bend" - image of femininity and dance appreciation, Lesley-Anne Sayers
  • still dancing downwards and talking back, Zagba Oyortey
  • the anxiety of dance performance, Valerie Rimmer.
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: pbk ISBN 9780333637593

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'...full credit to Thomas and Macmillan for embarking on such a worthwhile venture - Dance Research I have already found the Thomas edition of enormous value in teaching both undergraduates and postgraduates, from the perspectives of dance anthropology, ethnography and theatre dance analysis - Theresa Buckland, Department of Dance Studies, University of Surrey This unique collection of papers, written specially for this volume, explores the aspects of the ways in which dance and gender intersect in a variety of cultural contexts, from social and disco dance to performance dance, to the Hollywood musical and dances from different cultures. The contributors come from a broad range of 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. List of Plates - Preface to the 1995 Reprint - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction - PART 1: CULTURAL STUDIES - Dance, Gender and Culture; T.Polhumus - 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 - Dance, Feminism and the Critique of the Visual; R.Copeland - '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

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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