Swim pretty : aquatic spectacles and the performance of race, gender, and nature / / Jennifer A. Kokai |
Autore | Kokai Jennifer A. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Carbondale, [Illinois] : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (206 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 797.21 |
Collana | Theater in the Americas |
Soggetto topico |
Synchronized swimming
Aquatic sports - Social aspects Water - Social aspects |
ISBN | 0-8093-3601-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794992703321 |
Kokai Jennifer A.
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Carbondale, [Illinois] : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , 2017 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Swim pretty : aquatic spectacles and the performance of race, gender, and nature / / Jennifer A. Kokai |
Autore | Kokai Jennifer A. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Carbondale, [Illinois] : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (206 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 797.21 |
Collana | Theater in the Americas |
Soggetto topico |
Synchronized swimming
Aquatic sports - Social aspects Water - Social aspects |
ISBN | 0-8093-3601-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816459303321 |
Kokai Jennifer A.
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Carbondale, [Illinois] : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , 2017 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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