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Women and Dance

Sylphs and Sirens

  • Textbook
  • © 1992

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Authors:
  1. Christy Adair
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Part of the book series: Women in Society: A Feminist List (WOSOFEL)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Christy Adair
    Pages 1-6

  3. Dancing hierarchies — dance in society

    • Christy Adair
    Pages 7-23

  4. Cultured bodies — the social construction of the body

    • Christy Adair
    Pages 24-39

  5. Colonised bodies — the oppression of women

    • Christy Adair
    Pages 40-61

  6. Viewing women — the production and reception of dance

    • Christy Adair
    Pages 62-81

  7. Titillating tutus — women in ballet

    • Christy Adair
    Pages 82-118

  8. Revolutionary women — modern dance

    • Christy Adair
    Pages 119-138

  9. We say no — postmodern dance

    • Christy Adair
    Pages 139-159

  10. Black power — black dance

    • Christy Adair
    Pages 160-181

  11. Beginning again — new dance

    • Christy Adair
    Pages 182-198

  12. The subversives — women’s dance practice

    • Christy Adair
    Pages 199-238

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 239-283
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A broad-ranging account of women's roles and experience in dance, which demolishes the myth that dance is a female art form by demonstrating the way in which it is dominated by male managers, choreographers and directors. While most dancers are women, for the most part they interpret male-constructed images rather than create their own. This is not inevitable, however, the author argues; dance is a possible arena for feminist practice and women's liberation.

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