Culture on ice : figure skating & cultural meaning /
Kestnbaum, Ellyn,author.
Christie, John Simpson,former owner.StEdNL
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Meaning and figure skating. A general theory of meaning ; Skating as a signifying system -- pt. 2. How figure skating and its meanings developed. The beginnings of skating on ice ; Issues in the development of figure skating ; Specularity -- pt. 3. Cultural meanings of ladies' figure skating. Critiques of skating's feminine ideal ; Girls versus ladies -- pt. 4. Masculinity on edge. Figure skating and "real" manhood ; Out of the closet -- pt. 5. Compulsory mating dances. Defining duos ; Gendered meanings in crisis -- pt. 6. Spectatorship. Intimate pleasures : skating fandom -- Conclusion -- Appendix. The technical basis of figure skating.
Figure skating
Sex role.