Dance with me [electronic resource] : ballroom dancing and the promise of instant intimacy / Julia Ericksen.

9780814722855 (electronic bk.)
9780814722664

New York : New York University Press, c2011.

English

1 online resource (xv, 279 p.) : ill.

GV1746 .E75 2011eb

793.3/3

Rumba music starts and a floor full of dancers alternate clinging to one another and turning away. Rumba is an erotic dance, and the mood is hot and heavy; the women bend and hyperextend their legs as they twist and turn around their partners. They slide their feet along the floor toes first, transferring their weight from leg to leg, and settling their hips after each move to produce the rolling hip action, which is particularly visible in this slow-paced dance. Amateur and professional ballroom dancers alike compete in a highly gendered display of intimacy, romance and sexual passion.

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