Yasmine Marie Jahanmir
Biographic Data
| ID | 2411575 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yasmine Marie Jahanmir |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yasmine Marie |
| FAMILY NAME | Jahanmir |
| SIGNATURE | JAHANMIR Y M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9045-9621 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Dumpster Diving
In August 2010, as part of Summer Streets, a citywide initiative to celebrate “New York City’s most valuable public space [its streets],” the Department of Transportation installed three mobile pools, made from dumpsters, on Park Avenue between 40th and 41st streets. The choice of dumpster swimming pools as keystone attractions for 2010 Summer Streets is not only testament to the need for a summer cool-down but also participates in the long histo…
We Rule the Waves”
In the 1930s and ‘40s, nightclub impresario Billy Rose cast Olympic swimmers and divers in starring roles for his patriotic World’s Fair revue. Positioning the Aquacade in the genealogies of mass spectacles, militaristic display, girly revues, and the rising popularity of pool culture reveals the theatrical framing of athletic labor as vigorously effective in creating a visible female collective on the eve of World War II
Picture perfect
This article examines nostalgic femininity in the aquatic performances of present-day synchronized swimming performance troupe, the Aqualillies. In spite of their fervent emulation of the iconic images of Golden Age Hollywood's splashiest star, Esther Williams, the Aqualillies’ performances refuse to be only a kitschy nod to the past through the addition of marketable symbols of modern femininity, such as the bikini, to their otherwise nostalgic …
Picture perfect
This article examines nostalgic femininity in the aquatic performances of present-day synchronized swimming performance troupe, the Aqualillies. In spite of their fervent emulation of the iconic images of Golden Age Hollywood's splashiest star, Esther Williams, the Aqualillies’ performances refuse to be only a kitschy nod to the past through the addition of marketable symbols of modern femininity, such as the bikini, to their otherwise nostalgic …
Picture perfect
This article examines nostalgic femininity in the aquatic performances of present-day synchronized swimming performance troupe, the Aqualillies. In spite of their fervent emulation of the iconic images of Golden Age Hollywood's splashiest star, Esther Williams, the Aqualillies’ performances refuse to be only a kitschy nod to the past through the addition of marketable symbols of modern femininity, such as the bikini, to their otherwise nostalgic …
We Rule the Waves”
In the 1930s and ‘40s, nightclub impresario Billy Rose cast Olympic swimmers and divers in starring roles for his patriotic World’s Fair revue. Positioning the Aquacade in the genealogies of mass spectacles, militaristic display, girly revues, and the rising popularity of pool culture reveals the theatrical framing of athletic labor as vigorously effective in creating a visible female collective on the eve of World War II
Dumpster Diving
In August 2010, as part of Summer Streets, a citywide initiative to celebrate “New York City’s most valuable public space [its streets],” the Department of Transportation installed three mobile pools, made from dumpsters, on Park Avenue between 40th and 41st streets. The choice of dumpster swimming pools as keystone attractions for 2010 Summer Streets is not only testament to the need for a summer cool-down but also participates in the long histo…
Sociology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Femininity (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · American Sports and Literature (1 work) · Architectural engineering (1 work) · Art history (1 work)