English | 1995 | ISBN: 041508900X, 0415088992 | 235 pages | PDF | 15.5 MB
In this challeg 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...