02658oam 2200613I 450 991078360460332120230207223911.01-134-33120-71-134-33121-51-280-24469-097866102446900-203-39130-610.4324/9780203391303 (CKB)1000000000248532(EBL)254251(OCoLC)475967294(SSID)ssj0000122391(PQKBManifestationID)11135814(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000122391(PQKBWorkID)10123859(PQKB)10797808(MiAaPQ)EBC254251(Au-PeEL)EBL254251(CaPaEBR)ebr10163454(CaONFJC)MIL24469(OCoLC)437162073(OCoLC)252743091(EXLCZ)99100000000024853220180706d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCircus bodies cultural identity in aerial performance /Peta TaitAbingdon [England] ;New York :Routledge,2005.1 online resource (198 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-32938-8 0-415-32937-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-178) and index.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.This pioneering study is one of the major publications in the increasingly popular and largely undocumented area of circus studies.Through photographs and illustrations, Peta Tait presents an extraordinary survey of 140 years of trapeze acts and the socially changing ideas of muscular action in relation to our understanding of gender and sexuality. She questions how spectators see and enjoy aerial actions, and what cultural identities are presented by bodies in fast, physical aerial movement.Adeptly locating aerial performance within the wider cultural history ofAcrobaticsSocial aspectsAcrobaticsSocial aspects.796.47Tait Peta1953-,856115MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783604603321Circus bodies3781348UNINA