Re-articulating gender norms through breakdancing

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Gunn, Rachael
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Breakdancing has the capacity for bodily difference. This difference challenges cultural regulations that inhibit a body’s way of moving. Gendered categorisations of physical activity culturally discourage particular bodies from participating in certain activities. However, this article argues that breakdancing attempts to transcend the cultural regulations that limit bodies. In breakdancing, males participate in a typically feminine activity dance and females adopt a ‘masculine’ way of moving. Yet in this process, hyper-masculine/feminine expressions are reinforced. Paradoxically, breakdancing both enables and hinders the re-articulation of gender norms.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	12
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
Volume Number	5
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://www.arts.mq.edu.au/documents/hdr_journal_neo/neo_2012/Article_4_GUNN.pdf
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article