Becoming beautiful : ballroom dance in the American heartland / Joanna Bosse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bosse, Joanna, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ballroom dancing--Middle West--History.

Ballroom dancing.

History.

Middle West.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 174 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Illinois Press, [2015]

Summary:

In Becoming Beautiful, Joanna Bosse explores the transformations undergone by the residents of a Midwestern town when they step out on the dance floor for the very first time. Bosse uses sensitive fieldwork as well as her own immersion in ballroom culture to lead readers into a community that springs up around ballroom dance. The result is a portrait of the real people who connect with others, change themselves, and join a world that foxtrots to its own rules, conventions, and rewards. Bosse's eye for revealing, humorous detail adds warmth and depth to discussions around critical perspectives on the experience the dance hall provides, the nature of partnership and connection, and the notion of how dancing allows anyone to beautiful. Book jacket.

Contents:

Interlude 17

1 The Classification of Style 21

2 Rules of Engagement: Marketing Safety and Managing Risk in the Ballroom 45

Interlude 67

3 Coherence to the Sensuous Life: Connection and Partnership 75

4 Performing Race, Remaking Whiteness 97

Interlude 121

5 Joy, Flow, and Personal Transformation 125

Interlude 135.

Notes:

Cataloging in publication data on t.p. verso is for a different book.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780252039010

0252039017

9780252080630

0252080637

OCLC:

889941144