Dancing Motherhood

Ali Duffy (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

188 Seiten

2023
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-61928-2 (ISBN)

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This book explores how unique factors about the dance profession impact mothers working in it.

Dancing Motherhood explores how unique factors about the dance profession impact pregnant women and mothers working in it.

Ali Duffy introduces the book by laying a foundation of social and cultural histories and systemic structures and power that shape the issues mothers in dance negotiate today. This book then reveals perspectives from mothers in dance working in areas such as performance, choreography, dance education, administration, and advocacy though survey and interview data. Based on participant responses, recommendations for changes in policy, hiring, evaluation, workplace environment, and other professional and personal practices to better support working mothers in dance are highlighted. Finally, essays from eight working mothers in dance offer intimate, personal stories and guidance geared to mothers, future mothers, policymakers, and colleagues and supervisors of mothers in the dance field.

By describing lived experiences and offering suggestions for improved working conditions and advocacy, this book initiates expanded discussion about women in dance and promotes change to positively impact dancing mothers, their employers, and the dance field.

Ali Duffy (PhD, MFA) is a Professor, Graduate Director, and Associate Head of Dance in the School of Theatre and Dance at Texas Tech University, USA. She is also the Artistic Director of Flatlands Dance Theatre and a co-founder of the International Parenting and Dance Network.

Contributors
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Preface

1 Research Design, Methodologies, and Processes

2 Theoretical Frameworks and Dominant Narratives of Women at Work and Women in Dance

3 Bodies

4 Identities, Values, and Relationships

5 Unmet Needs, Conflicts, and Challenges

6 ‘For the Tribe’: Essays to Mothers, Future Mothers, and Non-Mothers

7 Organizational and Cultural Transformations to Benefit Pregnant People and Mothers in Dance

Epilogue: In Closing: A Dancing Letter to My Child Index

Erscheinungsdatum	11.05.2023
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Series in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Theatre and Performance
Zusatzinfo	1 Tables, black and white; 4 Halftones, black and white; 4 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	544 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-367-61928-8 / 0367619288
ISBN-13	978-0-367-61928-2 / 9780367619282
Zustand	Neuware