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Fisher, Jennifer - When Men Dance
Catalogue No: 9780195386707
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When Men Dance explores the intersection of dance and perceptions of male gender and sexuality across history and different cultural contexts. Chapters tackle the history and dilemmas that revolve around dance and notions of masculinity from a variety of dance studies perspectives, and are accompanied by fascinating personal histories that complement their themes.
Section One
Issues in the Pink and Blue West
Maverick Men in Ballet: Rethinking the Making it Macho Strategy (Jennifer Fisher)
Kristopher Wojtera, Aaron Cota
What We Know About Boys Who Dance: The Limitations of Contemporary Masculinity and Dance Education (Doug Risner) David Allan, Michel Gervais
Is Dance a Man's Sport Too? The Performance of Athletic-Coded Masculinity on the Concert Dance Stage (Maura Keefe) Fred Strickler Rennie Harris
Transcending Gender in Ballet's LINES (Jill Nunes Jensen) Christian Burns
The Performance of Unmarked Masculinity (Ramsay Burt) Donald McKayle, John Pennington
Section Two
Historical Perspectives
Pricked Dances: The Spectator, Dance, and Masculinity in Early 18th Century England
(John Bryce Jordan )Seth Williams
Gender Trumps Race? Cross-dressing in Early Blackface Minstrelsy
(Stephen Johnson)
Paul Babiak: Diary of Channeling Juba Rehearsals
Ausdruckstanz, Worker's Culture and Masculinity in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s
Yvonne Hardt
Hellmut Gottschild
Section Three
Legacies of Colonialism
Invented Hypermasculinity: Colonial Influences on Dance Styles in Egypt, Iran, and Uzbekistan (Anthony Shay) Jamal
Native Motion and Imperial Emotion: Male Performers of the 'Orient' and the Politics of the Imperial Gaze (Stavros Stavrou Karayanni) Namus Zokhrabov
Ibrahim Farrah: Dancer, Teacher, Choreographer, Publisher (Barbara Sellers-Young) Saleem Azouka
From Gynemimesis to Hyper-Masculinity: The Shifting Orientations of Male Performers of South Indian Court Dance (Hari Krishnan) Naatyaachaarya V.P. Dhananjayan Arun Mathai
Appendix A: Notes on Personal History Interviews
Appendix B: Questions for Personal History Interviews
Notes on contributors
CONTENTS
IntroductionSection One
Issues in the Pink and Blue West
Maverick Men in Ballet: Rethinking the Making it Macho Strategy (Jennifer Fisher)
Kristopher Wojtera, Aaron Cota
What We Know About Boys Who Dance: The Limitations of Contemporary Masculinity and Dance Education (Doug Risner) David Allan, Michel Gervais
Is Dance a Man's Sport Too? The Performance of Athletic-Coded Masculinity on the Concert Dance Stage (Maura Keefe) Fred Strickler Rennie Harris
Transcending Gender in Ballet's LINES (Jill Nunes Jensen) Christian Burns
The Performance of Unmarked Masculinity (Ramsay Burt) Donald McKayle, John Pennington
Section Two
Historical Perspectives
Pricked Dances: The Spectator, Dance, and Masculinity in Early 18th Century England
(John Bryce Jordan )Seth Williams
Gender Trumps Race? Cross-dressing in Early Blackface Minstrelsy
(Stephen Johnson)
Paul Babiak: Diary of Channeling Juba Rehearsals
Ausdruckstanz, Worker's Culture and Masculinity in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s
Yvonne Hardt
Hellmut Gottschild
Section Three
Legacies of Colonialism
Invented Hypermasculinity: Colonial Influences on Dance Styles in Egypt, Iran, and Uzbekistan (Anthony Shay) Jamal
Native Motion and Imperial Emotion: Male Performers of the 'Orient' and the Politics of the Imperial Gaze (Stavros Stavrou Karayanni) Namus Zokhrabov
Ibrahim Farrah: Dancer, Teacher, Choreographer, Publisher (Barbara Sellers-Young) Saleem Azouka
From Gynemimesis to Hyper-Masculinity: The Shifting Orientations of Male Performers of South Indian Court Dance (Hari Krishnan) Naatyaachaarya V.P. Dhananjayan Arun Mathai
Appendix A: Notes on Personal History Interviews
Appendix B: Questions for Personal History Interviews
Notes on contributors
9780195386707
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