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The male dancer : bodies, spectacle, sexualities / Ramsay Burt.
Author
Burt, Ramsay, 1953-
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Format
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Language
English
Εdition
Second edition.
Published/Created
London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2007.
©2007
Description
xii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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GV1595 .B87 2007
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Sex in dance
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Male dancers
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Dance
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Sociological aspects
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Dance
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Anthropological aspects
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Masculinity
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Summary note
The Male Dancer 2nd Edition updates and enlarges a classic Routledge title that has established itself as the definitive study of the role of men in ballet, modern and postmodern dance. In this challenging and lively book, Burt examines the representation of masculinity in twentieth and twenty-first century dance. Taking issue with formalist and modernist accounts of dance, which dismisses gender and sexuality as irrelevant, he argues that prejudices against male dancers are rooted in our ideas about the male body and male behavior. Drawing on recent developments in dance and performance theory, Burt provides a provocative theory of spectatorship in dance. He examines the work of choreographers such as Nijinsky, Graham, Bausch and Bill T Jones, relating performances of masculinity in their dances to the social, political and artistic contexts in which these were produced. The Male Dancer has proven to be essential reading for anyone interested in dance and the cultural construction of gender. Ramsay Burt has thoroughly updated this important work to include dance works from the last ten years. Reflecting on the latest studies in theory, performance and practice, he has renewed its timeliness for centuries.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-225) and index.
Contents
The trouble with the male dancer
Looking at the male
Nijinsky
American men
Dancing in the city
Masculinity and liberation
Identity politics
Post men.
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ISBN
0415975751 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
9780415975759 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
041597576X ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
9780415975766 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
9780203960974 ((e-book))
0203960971 ((e-book))
LCCN
2006024777
OCLC
70778333
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