Sexuality, Gender and Identity: Critical Issues in Dance Education

By openly bringing issues of sexuality and gender to the forefront of dance education and training, this book addresses critical challenges for engaged dance educators interested in a variety of issues. These issues include age appropriate content, theme and costume; the hyper-sexualization of children and adolescents; sexual orientation and homophobia; the hidden curriculum of sexuality and gender; sexual identity; the impact of contemporary culture and mass media; and sexual exploitation. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Dance Education.

Author: Doug Risner
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 06/07/2017
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.27d
ISBN: 9781138086241

About the Author

Doug Risner is Professor of Dance at Wayne State University, Detroit, USA and is the author of Stigma and Perseverance in the Lives of Boys Who Dance (2009) and Hybrid Lives of Teaching Artists in Dance and Theatre Arts (2014) with Mary Anderson. He is associate editor of Research in Dance Education.

Julie A. Kerr-Berry is Professor and Director of Dance at Minnesota State University-Mankato, USA. She is a Fulbright Scholar (Indonesia), the recipient of the Outstanding Leadership Award from the National Dance Education Organization, and editor in chief emeritus of the Journal of Dance Education.