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Paperback Swim Pretty: Aquatic Spectacles and the Performance of Race, Gender, and Nature Book

ISBN: 0809336006

ISBN13: 9780809336005

Swim Pretty: Aquatic Spectacles and the Performance of Race, Gender, and Nature

(Part of the Theater in the Americas Series)

Drawing on cultural associations with bodies of water, the spectacle of pretty women, and the appeal of the concept of "family-friendly" productions, performative aquatic spectacles portray water as an exotic fantasy environment exploitable for the purpose of entertainment. In Swim Pretty, Jennifer A. Kokai reveals the influential role of aquatic spectacles in shaping cultural perceptions of aquatic ecosystems in the United States over the...

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