Recreational burlesque and the aging female body: challenging perceptions
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Collard-Stokes, Gemma
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University of DerbyIssue Date
2020-10-28
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Rejecting the association between aging and asexuality that persists in the UK’s cultural representation of the female aging body, this paper reveals the importance of sensuality and maintaining physical agency to older women. It pays attention to the phenomena of participating in recreational burlesque classes to counter and negotiate potentially negative representations. Through in-depth interviews and researcher-as-participant observation, the paper explores the transformative possibilities mediated through participating in theatrically glamorized performance classes and the processes thereby initiated. The author examines the potential of burlesque to offer improvements to wellbeing and healthier self-perceptions for aging women experiencing marginalization through social invisibility.Citation
Collard-Stokes, G. (2020). 'Recreational burlesque and the aging female body: challenging perceptions'. Journal of Women & Aging, pp. 1-16.Publisher
Taylor & FrancisJournal
Journal of Women and AgingDOI
10.1080/08952841.2020.1839319Additional Links
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08952841.2020.1839319Type
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enISSN
0895-2841EISSN
1540-7322ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/08952841.2020.1839319