LEADER 02662oam 2200613I 450 001 9910450522303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-33121-5 010 $a1-280-24469-0 010 $a9786610244690 010 $a0-203-39130-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203391303 035 $a(CKB)1000000000248532 035 $a(EBL)254251 035 $a(OCoLC)475967294 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000122391 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11135814 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000122391 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10123859 035 $a(PQKB)10797808 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC254251 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL254251 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10163454 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL24469 035 $a(OCoLC)437162073 035 $a(OCoLC)252743091 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000248532 100 $a20180706d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCircus bodies $ecultural identity in aerial performance /$fPeta Tait 210 1$aAbingdon [England] ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (198 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-32938-8 311 $a0-415-32937-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [166]-178) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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. 330 $aThis 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 of 606 $aAcrobatics$xSocial aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAcrobatics$xSocial aspects. 676 $a796.47 700 $aTait$b Peta$f1953-,$0856115 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450522303321 996 $aCircus bodies$91911530 997 $aUNINA