Circus bodies cultural identity in aerial performance / Peta Tait.

Author/creator Tait, Peta, 1953-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAbingdon [England] ; New York : Routledge,
Descriptionx, 187 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [166]-178) and index.
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LCCN 2004027371
ISBN041532937X (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780415329378 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0415329388 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780415329385 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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