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Dancing with dangerous desires : the performance of femininity and experiences of pleasure and danger by young black women within club spaces
Includes bibliographical references (150-157).
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Gender Studies
2015
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| author | McLaren, Mary Gugu Tizita |
| author2 | Salo, Elaine |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/14628 Dancing with dangerous desires : the performance of femininity and experiences of pleasure and danger by young black women within club spaces McLaren, Mary Gugu Tizita Salo, Elaine Gender Studies Includes bibliographical references (150-157). This research was carried out in Langa Township, Cape Town and worked with 7 young black women, between the ages of 19 and 26 years old. The aim was to explore the fluidity of identity, in particular gender identity, by exploring the performance of 'normative' femininity and 'hidden/subversive' femininity performed in different spaces. The focus was on 'hidden/subversive' femininity and the experiences of pleasure and danger in clubs spaces in Cape Town. It was found that these experiences centre on appearance, use of alcohol and dancing and expose the way in which young women negotiate between the pleasurable and dangerous that, consciously or unconsciously, push the boundaries of entrenched gender norms. In addition, owing 10 the nature of the research, constructions of masculinity were also explored and discovered to have a profound impact on young women's experiences within club spaces and in their everyday lives, relating to sexual relationships. This study aims to reveal the power and agency of young women, as well as the struggles and restrictions. 2015-11-04T10:28:59Z 2015-11-04T10:28:59Z 2007 Master Thesis Masters MSocSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14628 eng application/pdf Gender Studies Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Gender Studies McLaren, Mary Gugu Tizita Dancing with dangerous desires : the performance of femininity and experiences of pleasure and danger by young black women within club spaces |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Dancing with dangerous desires : the performance of femininity and experiences of pleasure and danger by young black women within club spaces |
| title_full | Dancing with dangerous desires : the performance of femininity and experiences of pleasure and danger by young black women within club spaces |
| title_fullStr | Dancing with dangerous desires : the performance of femininity and experiences of pleasure and danger by young black women within club spaces |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dancing with dangerous desires : the performance of femininity and experiences of pleasure and danger by young black women within club spaces |
| title_short | Dancing with dangerous desires : the performance of femininity and experiences of pleasure and danger by young black women within club spaces |
| title_sort | dancing with dangerous desires the performance of femininity and experiences of pleasure and danger by young black women within club spaces |
| topic | Gender Studies |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14628 |
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