Stigma and perseverance in the lives of boys who dance :
[Book]
an empirical study of male identities in western theatrical dance training /
Doug Risner ; with a foreword by Ramsay Burt
xiii, 198 pages :
illustrations ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction : Why do boys dance? -- Dance is for girls : social construction of gender and the feminization of dance -- What we know about boys who dance -- Boys dancing in a heterocentric culture -- A study of boys and young adult males in pre-professional dance training in the United States -- Understanding boys' dancing lives -- Confronting the challenges of boys' lives in dance