The Sexual Politics of Ballroom Dancing

Vicki Harman (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

170 Seiten

2018 | 1st ed. 2019
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-02938-6 (ISBN)

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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). She has published in journals including Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Sociology of Health and Illness, European Journal of Marketing, Identities: Global Studies in Power and Culture and Young Consumers.

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.

Erscheinungsdatum	26.10.2018
Reihe/Serie	Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences
Zusatzinfo	XI, 170 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10	1-137-02938-2 / 1137029382
ISBN-13	978-1-137-02938-6 / 9781137029386
Zustand	Neuware