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From Ballroom To Dancesport eBook

Aesthetics, Athletics, And Body Culture

by Caroline Joan S. Picart
language: english
Publisher: State University of New York Press, February of 2012 ‧
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An insider explores the transformation of ballroom dance into an Olympic sport.

Drawing on recent media portrayals and her own experience, author and dancer Caroline Joan S. Picart explores ballroom dancing and its more "sporty" equivalent, DanceSport, suggesting that they are reflective of larger social, political, and cultural tensions. The past several years have seen a resurgence in the popularity of ballroom dance as well as an increasing international anxiety over how and whether to transform ballroom into an Olympic sport. Writing as a participant-critic, Picart suggests that both are crucial sites where bodies are packaged as racialized, sexualized, nationalized, and classed objects. In addition, Picart argues, as the choreography, costuming, and genre of ballroom and DanceSport continue to evolve, these theatrical productions are aestheticized and constructed to encourage commercial appeal, using the narrative frame of the competitive melodrama to heighten audience interest.

From Ballroom To Dancesport

Aesthetics, Athletics, And Body Culture

by Caroline Joan S. Picart

Property Description
ISBN: 9780791482414
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date: February of 2012
Language: English
Pages: 177
Format: eBook
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Collection: Suny Series In Communication Studies
Categories: eBooks in English > Social Sciences and Humanities > Communication and Journalism
eBooks in English > Social Sciences and Humanities > Sociology
EAN: 9780791482414
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