Author: BURT, RAMSAY.
Title: The Male Dancer. Bodies, Spectacle, Sexualities.
Description: London: Routledge,1995. 041508900X. 1st ed. "In this challenging and lively book, Ramsay Burt examines the representation of masculinity in twentieth-century dance. Taking issue with formalist and modernist accounts of dance, which dismiss gender and sexuality as irrelevant, he argues that prejudices against male dancers are rooted in our ideas about the male body and male behaviour." Pp.10/224, 11 b/w plates, owners name to fep. Pbk, minor crease to spine. VG.

Keywords: Ramsay Burt Male Dancer Bodies Spectacle Sexualities Masculinity Dancing Ballet Nijinsky Graham Bausch Gender 28385 Theatre: : Dance


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