02674nam 22006254a 450 991081872920332120200520144314.01-134-33120-71-134-33121-51-280-24469-097866102446900-203-39130-610.4324/9780203391303 (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)99100000000024853220041116d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCircus bodies cultural identity in aerial performance /Peta Tait1st ed.Abingdon [England] ;New York Routledge20051 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 Peta1953-856115MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818729203321Circus bodies3976757UNINA