Graduation Year
Spring 2014
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Department
Gender and Women's Studies
Second Department
Dance
Reader 1
Ronnie Brosterman
Reader 2
Mary Ann Davis
Reader 3
Suchi Branfman
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© 2014 Maximanova Greenberg
Abstract
“‘Am I Sexy Yet?’: Contextualizing the Movement of Exotic Dance and Its Effects on Female Dancers’ Self-image and Sexual Expression” looks at exotic dancing in three contexts––a pole fitness studio, a strip club, and a college dance concert––and how the movement is experienced by the dancers in each space. It questions how the movement changes meaning for the dancers, audience, and mainstream culture based on the context and location, even with similar content. Specifically, it analyzes how the experiences of the dancers affect their self confidence, sexuality, and sexual expression. Then, it applies Audre Lorde's “Uses of the Erotic” to their experiences to show how this movement can be looked at through a different lens as deeper, more freeing, and more transgressive than it is usually thought to be.
Recommended Citation
Greenberg, Maximanova O., "“Am I Sexy Yet?”: Contextualizing the Movement of Exotic Dance and Its Effects on Female Dancers’ Self-image and Sexual Expression" (2014). Scripps Senior Theses. 352.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/352
