Circus bodies [electronic resource] : cultural identity in aerial performance / Peta Tait

Author:: Tait, Peta, 1953-
Published:: Abingdon [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2005.
Physical Description:: x, 187 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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Contents:

Introduction : aerial bodies -- Graceful manliness, unfeminine maidens, and erotic gods -- Unnatural acts, female strongmen -- Cross-dressing and female muscular drag -- Gender competition, camp spectacles, and impossible machismo -- Androgyny to queer violence : Cirque du Soleil, Archaos and Circus Oz -- Ecstasy and visceral flesh in motion.

Subject(s):

Acrobatics—Social aspects

Genre(s):

Electronic books

ISBN:

041532937X (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780415329378 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0415329388 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780415329385 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-178) and index.

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