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Circus Bodies : Cultural Identity in Aerial Performance.
Examining photographs, illustrations, films and live performances, Peta Tait presents an extraordinary survey of 140 years of trapeze acts and the cultural identities that are presented by bodies in fast, physical aerial movement.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis Ltd.,
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Archive collections and abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Graceful manliness, unfeminine maidens and erotic gods; Chapter 2 Unnatural acts, female strongmen; Chapter 3 Cross-dressing and female muscular drag; Chapter 4 Gender competition, camp spectacles and impossible machismo; Chapter 5 Androgyny to queer violence: Cirque du Soleil, Archaos and Circus Oz; Chapter 6 Ecstasy and visceral flesh in motion; Glossary; Notes; References; Index.