Pole dancing, empowerment and embodiment / Samantha Holland

Author:: Holland, Samantha
Published:: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Physical Description:: viii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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Contents:

1. Towards a Feminist Ethnography -- 2. From Circus and Sex -- 3. ... to Fitness and Leisure -- 4. What is a Pole Class? -- 5. What Not to Wear -- 6. Diversity and Empowerment? -- 7. 'A Thing of Beauty' -- 8. The Pole Community: Opening Closed Minds -- 9. Case Study 1: 'Empowering Women with Confidence' -- 10. Case Study 2: Power Moves and Everyday Bodies -- Conclusion: A Positive Active Identity?

Subject(s):

Pole dancing

ISBN:

9780230210387 (hardback)
0230210384 (hardback)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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