"Whether in the private parlor, public hall, commercial 'dance palace', or sleazy dive, dance has long been opposed by those who viewed it as immoral - more precisely as being a danger to the purity of those who practice it, particularly women. In 'Adversaries of dance' Ann Wagner presents a major study of opposition to dance over a period of four centuries in what is now the United states.
Wagner bases her work in the thesis that the tradition of opposition to dance 'derived from white, male, Protestant clergy and evangelists who argued from a narrow and selective interpretation of biblical passages', and that the opposition thrives when denominational dogma held greater power over people's lives and when women's social roles where stricly limited.
Central to Wagner's work, which will be welcomed by scholars of both religion and dance, are issues of gender, race and socioeconomic status."--P[4] de la couv.

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Description physique : xvi, 442 p. ; 23 cm.

Langue : Anglais

Donateur : Fèbvre, Michèle, 2019.

Niveau d'autorisation : 0

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