Graciousness, Elegance, and Firmness: Ballet and the Constitution of a Protective Environment for Peripheral Masculinities in Brazil.

Autor: Souza MTO; Physical Education Department, Federal University of Paraná, Rua Pernambuco, 1730, Guaíra, Curitiba, PR, CEP:80630-160, Brazil. mariathereza_souza93@yahoo.com.br., Capraro AM; Physical Education Department, Federal University of Paraná, Avenida Coronel Francisco H. dos Santos, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Archives of sexual behavior [Arch Sex Behav] 2023 Apr; Vol. 52 (3), pp. 1229-1238. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Nov 03.
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-022-02451-z
Abstrakt: Due to its graceful and light movements, its clothing, and body postures, ballet is tied to characteristics that are socially perceived as feminine. The aim of this paper is to describe the way men live and interact within the classic ballet environment, a way that is deemed deviant according to Western heteronormative norms of gender and sexuality. The overall idea was to delineate the masculinity that surrounds and is built in this space, and how ballet operates to build the identities of these individuals. The research was done through direct observation in a ballet school linked to one of the oldest and most important ballet institutions in Brazil. The main idea expressed is that ballet acts as a protective environment for young men who break out of heteronormativity. It is believed that men subvert social norms in this environment because that is where behaviors that escape hegemonic masculinity are more acceptable, gain representativeness and legitimacy.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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