Ballroom: Culture and Costume in Competitive Dance / Edition 1

by Jonathan S. Marion, Joanne B. Eicher

Overview

Competitive ballroom is much more than a style of dance. Rather, it is a continually evolving and increasingly global social and cultural arena: of fashion, performance, art, sport, gender and more.

Ballroom explores the intersection of dance cultures, dress and the body. Presenting the author's experiences at an international range of dance events in Europe, the US and UK, as well as featuring the views of individual dancers, the book shows how dancing influences mind and body alike. For students of anthropology, dance, cultural and performance studies, Ballroom provides an ethnographic picture of how dancers and others live their lives both on and off the dance floor.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781845207991
Publisher:	Berg Publishers
Publication date:	05/01/2008
Series:	Dress, Body, Culture
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Jonathan S. Marion is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arkansas, President of the Society for Visual Anthropology (SVA), and author of Ballroom: Culture and Costume in Competitive Dance (2008) and Visual Research: A Concise Introduction to Thinking Visually (2013, w/Jerome Crowder).

Table of Contents

Introduction * Part 1: Setting the Stage * Chapter 1: What is Competitive Ballroom Dance? * Chapter 2: A Brief History of Ballroom * Chapter 3: Judging Dancesport * Part 2: Performing Dancesport * Chapter 4: Ballroom as Spectacle * Chapter 5: Ballroom as Art * Chapter 6: Ballroom as Sport * Part 3: Ballroom Competitions as Events * Chapter 7: Competitions as Festival and Celebration * Chapter 8: Competitions as Ritual * Part 4: Costs, Consequences, and Outcomes * Chapter 9: Costumes and Conduct * Chapter 10: Performing Gender * Chapter 11: Living the Dancesport Life * Conclusion