Sexing the nation: Discourses of the dancing body in Ireland in the 1930s

Journal of Gender Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 89-105

  O'Connor, Barbara ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Consumption; Dance; Dance hall; Gender identity; Modernity; National identity; The body; Tradition

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944468866     PISSN: 09589236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09589230500133502     Document Type: Review

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