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

By: Tait, Peta, 1953-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Abingdon [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2005Description: x, 187 p. : illSubject(s): Acrobatics -- Social aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 796.47 LOC classification: GV552 | .T34 2005Online resources: Click to View
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.
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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.

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