Female aerialists in the 1920s and early 1930s : femininity, celebrity and glamour /: femininity, celebrity and glamour. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kate Holmes.
• Authors: Holmes, Kate (Catherine Jane)
• Contents: Introduction: Producing allure and popularity 1. Democratising experience: Diverse transformative performance spaces 2. To glamour: A kinaesthetic fantasy of weightlessness 3. Skilful vulnerability: Showmanship and the performance of skill and risk 4. Performing and negotiating muscular femininity: Aerial celebrity and the modern girl 5. Absorbing activity into femininity: Moving bodies, citizenship, and beauty Conclusion: Updating aerial celebrity and re-evaluating practice
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 791.30922; Women circus performers -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Women circus performers -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Aerialists; Circus -- History -- 20th century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429594311; 9780429595608; 9780429060335
• Related ISBNs: 9780367182571
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.