Ballroom
Subtitle: culture and costume in competitive dance
By: Jonathan S. Marion.
Edition: English ed.
Series: Dress, body, culture
Publisher: Berg
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9781845207991; 9781845208004
Subjects: Ballroom dancing -- Social aspects; Dance costume
Description: "Competitive ballroom is much more than a style of dance. Rather, it is a continually evolving and increasingly global social and cultural arena: of fashion, performance, art, sport, gender and more." "Ballroom explores the intersection of dance cultures, dress and the body. Presenting the author's experiences at an international range of dance events in Europe, the US and UK, as well as featuring the views of individual dancers, the book shows how dancing influences mind and body alike. For students of anthropology, dance, cultural and performance studies, Ballroom provides an ethnographic picture of how dancers and others live their lives both on and off the dance floor."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.