Swim pretty : aquatic spectacles and the performance of race, gender, and nature / / Jennifer A. Kokai
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| Autore: |
Kokai Jennifer A.
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| Titolo: |
Swim pretty : aquatic spectacles and the performance of race, gender, and nature / / Jennifer A. Kokai
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| Pubblicazione: | Carbondale, [Illinois] : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , 2017 |
| ©2017 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (206 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 797.21 |
| Soggetto topico: | Synchronized swimming |
| Aquatic sports - Social aspects | |
| Water - Social aspects | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction: a drop of water -- The 1939 New York World's Fair: mermaids obscene and glamorous -- Weeki wachee girls and buccaneer boys: the evolution of gender in aquatic spectacles -- Swine dives: the impact of novelty and commerce on aquatic spectacles -- The deaths of mermaids and whales: the extremity of the aesthetics of descension -- Conclusion: singing mollusks and dancing belugas. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Swim pretty |
| ISBN: | 0-8093-3601-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910794992703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Theater in the Americas.