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Ballroom: Culture and Costumes in Competitive Dance (Dress, Body, Culture)
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Ballroom: Culture and Costumes in Competitive Dance (Dress, Body, Culture)
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by Jonathan S. Marion
Sales Rank : 155571
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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Berg Publishers; 1st edition August 19, 2008
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1845208005
ISBN-13: 978-1845208004
Product Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
Product Description
Competitive ballroom is much more than a style of dance. Rather, it is a continually evolving and increasingly global social and cultural arena of fashion, performance, art, sport, gender, and more. Ballroom explores the intersection of dance cultures, dress, and the body. the book presents the author's experiences at a range of international dance events in Europe, the US and UK, as well as featuring the views of individual dancers. Ballroom shows how dancing influences mind and body alike. For students of anthropology, dance, cultural, and performance studies, this book provides an ethnographic picture of how dancers and others live their lives both on and off the dance floor.
Book Description
Ballroom explores the intersection of dance cultures, dress, and the body. The book focuses on competitive ballroom as a continually evolving and increasingly global social and cultural arena of fashion, performance, art, sport, gender, and more. Ballroom presents the author's experiences at a range of international dance events in Europe, the US and UK, as well as featuring the views of individual dancers. This book shows how dancing influences mind and body alike.
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