03444nam 2200565 a 450 991100479290332120250628110036.00-8147-2285-710.18574/9780814722855(CKB)2550000000054553(EBL)865379(OCoLC)756636908(SSID)ssj0000606294(PQKBManifestationID)11406086(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606294(PQKBWorkID)10580848(PQKB)10948522(StDuBDS)EDZ0001326736(MiAaPQ)EBC865379(MdBmJHUP)muse4879(DE-B1597)548029(DE-B1597)9780814722855(ODN)ODN0001190506(EXLCZ)99255000000005455320110502d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDance with me ballroom dancing and the promise of instant intimacy /Julia EricksenNew York New York University Pressc20111 online resource (304 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-2266-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to Photographing Emotion -- Introduction -- 1. The Purchase of Instant Intimacy -- 2. The Th rill of Performance and the Agony of Competition -- 3. The Economics of Ballroom -- 4. Feeling the Dance, Showing the Magic -- 5. The Tan, the Hair, the Makeup -- 6. Taking the Lead -- 7. Beyond the Glamour -- 8. The Music Hasn’t Stopped -- 9. Connection Is Key -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author Click here to listen to Julia Ericksen's interview about Dance with Me on Philadelphia NPR's "Radio Times" Rumba music starts and a floor full of dancers alternate clinging to one another and turning away. Rumba is an erotic dance, and the mood is hot and heavy; the women bend and hyperextend their legs as they twist and turn around their partners. Amateur and professional ballroom dancers alike compete in a highly gendered display of intimacy, romance and sexual passion. In Dance With Me, Julia Ericksen, a competitive ballroom dancer herself, takes the reader onto the competition floor and into the lights and the glamour of a world of tanned bodies and glittering attire, exploring the allure of this hyper-competitive, difficult, and often expensive activity. In a vivid ethnography accompanied by beautiful photographs of all levels of dancers, from the world’s top competitors to social dancers, Ericksen examines the ways emotional labor is used to create intimacy between professional partners and between professionals and their students, illustrating how dancers purchase intimacy. She shows that, while at first glance, ballroom presents a highly gendered face with men leading and women following, dancing also transgresses gender.Ballroom dancingSocial aspectsBallroom dancingSocial aspects.793.3/3SOC000000SOC026000bisacshEricksen Julia A.1941-1822502MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911004792903321Dance with me4388727UNINA