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Sport, dance, and embodied identities / edited by Noel Dyck and Eduardo P. Archetti.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Oxford ; New York: Berg, 2003Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (ix, 253 pages)ISBN:
  • 0585484511
  • 9780585484518
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • GV706.5 .S7113 2003eb
Online resources: Summary: Article Abstract: Sport and dance command the passions and devotion of countless athletes, dancers and fans worldwide. Although conventionally thought to reside within separate social realms, these two embodied cultural forms are revealed in this benchmark volume to s hare a vital capacity to constitute and express identities through their practiced movements and scripted forms. Thus, the work of choreographers and coaches along with the performances of dancers and athletes offer not merely entertainment and aesth etic accomplishment but also powerful means for celebrating existing social arrangements and cultu.
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Article Abstract: Sport and dance command the passions and devotion of countless athletes, dancers and fans worldwide. Although conventionally thought to reside within separate social realms, these two embodied cultural forms are revealed in this benchmark volume to s hare a vital capacity to constitute and express identities through their practiced movements and scripted forms. Thus, the work of choreographers and coaches along with the performances of dancers and athletes offer not merely entertainment and aesth etic accomplishment but also powerful means for celebrating existing social arrangements and cultu.