03345nam 2200649Ia 450 991081016940332120240417034220.00-7914-8241-31-4237-5577-4(CKB)1000000000460394(OCoLC)64560494(CaPaEBR)ebrary10579051(SSID)ssj0000158602(PQKBManifestationID)11149290(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000158602(PQKBWorkID)10144937(PQKB)11034616(MiAaPQ)EBC3407628(MdBmJHUP)muse6353(Au-PeEL)EBL3407628(CaPaEBR)ebr10579051(OCoLC)923407316(DE-B1597)684538(DE-B1597)9780791482414(EXLCZ)99100000000046039420050125d2006 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrFrom ballroom to dancesport[electronic resource] aesthetics, athletics, and body culture /Caroline Joan S. Picart1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20061 online resource (179 p.) SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relationsSUNY series in communication studiesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-6629-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-159) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- The Contested Landscape of Ballroom Dance -- Dancing through Different Worlds -- Ballroom Dance and the Movies -- Paving the Road to the Olympics -- Packaging Fantasy and Morality -- Quo Vadis? -- Ballroom-Dance-Related Organizations -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexDrawing on recent media portrayals and her own experience, author and dancer Caroline Joan S. Picart explores ballroom dancing and its more "sporty" equivalent, DanceSport, suggesting that they are reflective of larger social, political, and cultural tensions. The past several years have seen a resurgence in the popularity of ballroom dance as well as an increasing international anxiety over how and whether to transform ballroom into an Olympic sport. Writing as a participant-critic, Picart suggests that both are crucial sites where bodies are packaged as racialized, sexualized, nationalized, and classed objects. In addition, Picart argues, as the choreography, costuming, and genre of ballroom and DanceSport continue to evolve, these theatrical productions are aestheticized and constructed to encourage commercial appeal, using the narrative frame of the competitive melodrama to heighten audience interest.SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations.SUNY series in communication studies.Ballroom dancingSocial aspectsPopular cultureBallroom dancingSocial aspects.Popular culture.793.38Picart Caroline Joan1966-1594409MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810169403321From ballroom to dancesport3914941UNINA