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The Sexual Politics of Ballroom Dancing

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	The Sexual Politics of Ballroom Dancing/ by Vicki Harman.
作者:	Harman, Vicki.
面頁冊數:	XI, 170 p.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
標題:	Sociology. -
電子資源:	https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-02939-3
ISBN:	9781137029393

The Sexual Politics of Ballroom Dancing
Harman, Vicki.

The Sexual Politics of Ballroom Dancing[electronic resource] /by Vicki Harman. - 1st ed. 2019. - XI, 170 p.online resource. - Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences. - Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences.

Chapter 1: Who Cares About Ballroom Dancing? -- Chapter 2: A Social History of Ballroom and Latin Dancing -- Chapter 3: Starting to Dance -- Chapter 4: Building a Serious Leisure Career in Ballroom and Latin American dancing -- Chapter 5: Social Networks and Team Spirit -- Chapter 6: Performing Serious Leisure: Competitions -- Chapter 7: Gender, Ideals and Body Image- Chapter 8: Conclusion.

This book presents an engaging sociological investigation into how gender is negotiated and performed in ballroom and Latin dancing that draws on extensive ethnographic research, as well as the author’s own experience as a dancer. It explores the key factors underpinning the popularity of this leisure activity and highlights what this reveals more broadly about the nature of gender roles at the current time. The author begins with an overview of its rich social history and shifting class status, establishing the context within which contemporary masculinities and femininities in this community are explored. Real and imagined gendered traditions are examined across a range of dancer experiences that follows the trajectory of a typical learner: from finding a partner, attending lessons and forming networks, through to taking part in competitions. The analysis of these narratives creates a nuanced picture of a dance culture that is empowering, yet also highly consumerist and image-conscious; a highly ritualised set of practices that both reinstate and transgress gender roles. This innovative contribution to the feminist leisure literature will appeal to students and scholars of anthropology, dance, sport, gender, cultural and media studies. Vicki Harman is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at University of Surrey, UK. She received the ISA Young Leisure Scholar Award for research that forms part of this book (2016).

ISBN: 9781137029393

Standard No.: 10.1057/978-1-137-02939-3doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

551705
Sociology.

LC Class. No.: HM401-1281

Dewey Class. No.: 305.3

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