Circus bodies cultural identity in aerial performance /

Tait, Peta, 1953-

Circus bodies cultural identity in aerial performance / [electronic resource] : Peta Tait. - Abingdon [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2005. - x, 187 p. : ill.

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

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.





GBA538010 bnb

Uk


Acrobatics--Social aspects.


Electronic books.

GV552 / .T34 2005

796.47