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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ramsay Burt (De Montfort University, UK)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9780367748654ISBN 10: 0367748657 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 25 February 2022 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE. THE TROUBLE WITH THE MALE DANCER...; CHAPTER TWO. PERFORMING MASCULINITIES; CHAPTER THREE. NIJINSKY; CHAPTER FOUR. AMERICAN MEN; CHAPTER FIVE. DANCING IN THE CITY; CHAPTER SIX. MASCULINITY AND LIBERATION; CHAPTER SEVEN. IDENTITY POLITICS; CHAPTER EIGHT. DANCING NEW RELATIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHYReviewsReviews of the first edition: 'The fascination of this book lies in the way in which the author is able to locate the male dancer in the broader socio-historic context of the times . . . a vital contribution to the placing of dance and its literature within contemporary cultural debate.' Dr Alexander Carter, Middlesex University 'A complex summary of the numerous biases and windows through which we have viewed and continue to view male dancers . . . Burt's work argues persuasively that theatrical dance is a vital and threatening site for defining masculinity in relation to the culture at large.' David J. Popalisky, Dance Research Journal Reviews of the first edition: ‘The fascination of this book lies in the way in which the author is able to locate the male dancer in the broader socio-historic context of the times . . . a vital contribution to the placing of dance and its literature within contemporary cultural debate.’ Dr Alexander Carter, Middlesex University ‘A complex summary of the numerous biases and windows through which we have viewed and continue to view male dancers . . . Burt’s work argues persuasively that theatrical dance is a vital and threatening site for defining masculinity in relation to the culture at large.’ David J. Popalisky, Dance Research Journal Reviews of the first edition: 'The fascination of this book lies in the way in which the author is able to locate the male dancer in the broader socio-historic context of the times . . . a vital contribution to the placing of dance and its literature within contemporary cultural debate.' Dr Alexander Carter, Middlesex University 'A complex summary of the numerous biases and windows through which we have viewed and continue to view male dancers . . . Burt's work argues persuasively that theatrical dance is a vital and threatening site for defining masculinity in relation to the culture at large.' David J. Popalisky, Dance Research Journal Author InformationRamsay Burt is Professor Emeritus of Dance History at De Montfort University, Leicester. His publications include The Male Dancer (1995, revised 2007 and 2021), Alien Bodies (1997), Judson Dance Theater (2006), Writing Dancing Together (2009) with Valerie Briginshaw, Ungoverning Dance (2016), British dance: Black Routes (2016) with Christy Adair, and Dance, Modernism, and Modernity with Michael Huxley (2019). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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