| #2320953 in eBooks | 2015-02-28 | 2015-02-28 | File type: PDF||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A phenomenal read for any aspiring ballroom dancers. Joanna ...|By Sophia Maicki|A phenomenal read for any aspiring ballroom dancers. Joanna Bosse, captures the intimate connections that develop between dancers as they learn together.||
"Her prose is at once engaging and accessible, her thinking rich in theoretical depth and imagination. This is a book that charts new territory at the fused horizons of music, dance, and popular culture studies."| --Michael Bakan, author of World Music
In Becoming Beautiful, Joanna Bosse explores the transformations undergone by the residents of a Midwestern town when they step out on the dance floor for the very first time.
Bosse uses sensitive fieldwork as well as her own immersion in ballroom culture to lead readers into a community that springs up around ballroom dance. The result is a portrait of the real people who connect with others, change themselves, and join a world t...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Becoming Beautiful: Ballroom Dance in the American Heartland | Joanna Bosse. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
