LEADER 03345nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910810169403321 005 20240417034220.0 010 $a0-7914-8241-3 010 $a1-4237-5577-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000460394 035 $a(OCoLC)64560494 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10579051 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000158602 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11149290 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000158602 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10144937 035 $a(PQKB)11034616 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407628 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse6353 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407628 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10579051 035 $a(OCoLC)923407316 035 $a(DE-B1597)684538 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791482414 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000460394 100 $a20050125d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFrom ballroom to dancesport$b[electronic resource] $eaesthetics, athletics, and body culture /$fCaroline Joan S. Picart 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (179 p.) 225 1 $aSUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations 225 1 $aSUNY series in communication studies 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7914-6629-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 151-159) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tThe Contested Landscape of Ballroom Dance -- $tDancing through Different Worlds -- $tBallroom Dance and the Movies -- $tPaving the Road to the Olympics -- $tPackaging Fantasy and Morality -- $tQuo Vadis? -- $tBallroom-Dance-Related Organizations -- $tAppendix -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aDrawing on recent media portrayals and her own experience, author and dancer Caroline Joan S. Picart explores ballroom dancing and its more "sporty" equivalent, DanceSport, suggesting that they are reflective of larger social, political, and cultural tensions. The past several years have seen a resurgence in the popularity of ballroom dance as well as an increasing international anxiety over how and whether to transform ballroom into an Olympic sport. Writing as a participant-critic, Picart suggests that both are crucial sites where bodies are packaged as racialized, sexualized, nationalized, and classed objects. In addition, Picart argues, as the choreography, costuming, and genre of ballroom and DanceSport continue to evolve, these theatrical productions are aestheticized and constructed to encourage commercial appeal, using the narrative frame of the competitive melodrama to heighten audience interest. 410 0$aSUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations. 410 0$aSUNY series in communication studies. 606 $aBallroom dancing$xSocial aspects 606 $aPopular culture 615 0$aBallroom dancing$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aPopular culture. 676 $a793.38 700 $aPicart$b Caroline Joan$f1966-$01594409 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810169403321 996 $aFrom ballroom to dancesport$93914941 997 $aUNINA