Men, Masculinities and Sexualities in Dance: Transgression and its Limits

di Andria Christofidou (Autore)

Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2021

This book examines men, masculinities and sexualities in Western theatrical dance, offering insights into the processes, actions and interactions that occur in dance institutions around gender-transgressive acts, and the factors that set limits to transgression. This text uses interview and observation data to analyze the conditions that encourage some boys and young men to become involved in this widely unconventional activity, and the ways through which they negotiate the gendered and sexual attachments of their professional identity. Most importantly, the book analyzes the opportunities male dancers find to develop a reflexive habitus, engage in gender transgressive acts and experiment with their sexuality. At the same time, it approaches gender and sexuality as embodied, and therefore as parts of identity that are not as easily amendable.  This book will be of interest to scholars in Gender and Sexuality Studies as well as Dance and Performance Studies.  

• Autore: Andria Christofidou
• Editore: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
• Collana: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences
• Anno: 2021
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 186 p.
• Dimensioni: 210 x 148 mm
• Peso: 390 gr.
• EAN: 9783030772178

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