We Rule the Waves”
Athletic Labor, Femininity, and the Collective in Billy Rose’s Aquacade
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14997478 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yasmine Marie Jahanmir (0000-0001-9045-9621, Yasmine Marie Jahanmir is Assistant Professor of Drama at the American University of Kuwait. A lifelong synchronized swimmer, her dissertation “Bathing Beauties: Gender, Nationalism, and Space in Theatrical Synchronized Swimming” identifies synchronized swimming as an important nexus of feminine labor, nationalist spectacle, and bodily display in American popular culture. She has published in Women and Performance, Theatre Survey, and The Living Dance: An Anthology of Essays on Movement and Culture. She..., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 112-131 |
| Publication date | 2017-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | TDR/The Drama Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1054-2043 • E-ISSN: 1531-4715 |
| Publisher | MIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1162/dram_a_00676 |
| OpenAlex | W2746247873 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 16 |
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
Art · Femininity · Framing (construction · Militarism · Political science · Popularity · Rose (mathematics · Sociology · American Sports and Literature · Gender Studies · History · Law · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |